Why should we, however, in economics, have to plead ignorance of the sort of facts on which, in the case of a… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
With theory, we can separate fundamental characteristics from fascinating idiosyncrasies and incidental features. Theory supplies landmarks and guideposts, and we begin to… — John Henry Holland Copy Share Image
Osteopath--One who argues that all human ills are caused by the pressure of hard bone upon soft tissue. The proof of his… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
In the study of management, unfortunately, many writers have been so anxious to articulate a theory in the form of, "If you… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
Sometimes I do feel exposed. I have this kind of theory about different channels or levels of relaying experience - when I… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
We have seen that in certain respects operant reinforcement resembles the natural selection of evolutionary theory. Just as genetic characteristics which arise… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
The first time I came to the Comedy Festival some nutcase shot a bunch of people in Tasmania. I thought, 'Oh, that's… — Rich Hall Copy Share Image
War to me is very much like sex. You can develop a theory that says sex is primarily for the exchange of… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
I have been a biologist for a long time, and I hope I never stop getting shivers in my spine when I… — Darrel R. Falk Copy Share Image
“If there are infinite dimensions then there would be infinite alternate realities and if there are infinite alternate realities we would exist… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
July 4, 1776 was the historic day on which the representatives of three millions of people vocalized Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena. — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
The attempt to isolate economics from other disciplines-notably politics, history, philosophy, finance, constitutional theory and sociology-has fatally disabled its power to explain… — Will Hutton Copy Share Image
Those who are enamoured of practice without science are like a pilot who goes into a ship without rudder or compass and… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding these major arguments the wave theory initially did not meet with complete acceptance. — Max von Laue Copy Share Image
There is a gulf between the high value Americans put on life in theory and its cheapness in practice. — Elizabeth Joan Smith Copy Share Image
No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead. — Alexander Suvorov Copy Share Image
The Lordship of Jesus Christ is not quite forgotten among Christians, but it has been relegated to the hymnal where all responsibility… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
