Songwriters can sort of get away with murder. You can throw out crazy theories and not have to back it up with… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
The present state of atomic theory is characterized by the fact that we not only believe the existence of atoms to be… — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
I was sitting in a chair in the patent office at Bern when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me:… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Science does not rest upon solid bedrock. The bold structure of its theories rises, as it were, above a swamp. It is… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
Tailoring the facts to fit one's theory constitutes neither good science nor good journalism. Rather, it is intellectually dishonest and, when published… — Ward Churchill Copy Share Image
We had an episode where Bud asks his dad, I was named after the beer, right, Dad? And Ed ONeill, who played… — David Faustino Copy Share Image
..if the beginning of the thought or theory is not rooted in reality, the end or the final results of such a… — Nirmala Srivastava Copy Share Image
As an experienced editor, I disapprove of flashbacks, foreshadowings, and tricksy devices; they belong in the 1980s with M.A.s in postmodernism and… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Stammering is different than stuttering. Stutterers have trouble with the letters, while stammerers trip over entire parts of a sentence. We stammerers… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
Which is to say that culture is not a reflex of political economy, but that society is now a reflex of key… — Arthur Kroker Copy Share Image
The theory of the IRS is rather repugnant to me because the assumption is made that I, the government, owns 100% of… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Because those who hold conspiracy theories typically suffer from a crippled epistemology, in accordance with which it is rational to hold such… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
If we choose a weak and foolish speculation as a primary textbook illustration (falsely assuming that the tale possesses a weight of… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
First... a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is… — William James Copy Share Image
Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
At that time, the academic orientation was rather technical contrary to that of the university, where art theory is very important. The… — Ralph Allen Copy Share Image
In-depth studies have an influence on general ideas, whereas theories, in turn, in order to maintain themselves, push their spectators to search… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
The justification for those actions was that we were living in a very hard, predatory, cloak-and-dagger world and that the only way… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
If you cant find evidence to support something you believe in, keep searching. If the facts don't fit the theory, change the… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
You believe in the God who plays dice, and I in complete law and order in a world that objectively exists, and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Evolution as such is no longer a theory for a modern author. It is as much a fact as that the earth… — Ernst Mayr Copy Share Image
If Thought is capable of being classed with Electricity, or Will with chemical affinity, as a mode of motion, it seems necessary… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
My theory of what makes people likeable stars is that they're likeable. — Rob Letterman Copy Share Image
