“For every theory there has to be counterevidence--otherwise science wouldn't progress.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
In the most modern theories of physics probability seems to have replaced aether as "the nominative of the verb 'to undulate'." — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
“helium became the first and only element in the chemist’s Periodic Table to be discovered someplace other than Earth. Okay,” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Men of learning began to set experiments aside...to form theories...and to substitute these in the place of experiments. — John Wesley Copy Share Image
All of this technology wasn't available to Einstein. I bet he would've invented LIGO. — Rainer Weiss Copy Share Image
I've always been more comfortable sinking while clutching a good theory than swimming with an ugly fact. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
There would be no clash if nothing was your and not even mine, our whole life revolve on the theory of your… — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s. — Lionel Hampton Copy Share Image
Russia is the biggest country in the world. It would be very difficult to surround it, and the world is changing so… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The best theory comes from string theory, which states that dark matter is nothing but a higher vibration of the string. We… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
You can talk film theory till you're blue in the face, but in the end, the thing that may haunt you most… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
Economists can never be free of from difficulties unless they will distinguish between a theory and the application of a theory. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
I don't know what laws of physics are involved, but if you fill a gym with teenagersand tell them to stare at… — Suzanne Selfors Copy Share Image
I do not know whether to be delighted or outraged by the fact that Literary Theory: An Introduction was the subject of… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysical journals. — Hannes Alfven Copy Share Image
The beauty of science is to imagine more than we can prove. And string theory gives you a radically different interpretation of… — Ashoke Sen Copy Share Image
I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to "truthiness." I am also someone who has been trained in… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
I would describe myself as a writer and a student of media. If there's a central idea in media theory, it's to… — McKenzie Wark Copy Share Image
“Nazi theory indeed specifically denies that such a thing as "the truth" exists. […] The implied objective of this line of thought… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
From the equilibrium and spontaneous order of Adam Smith and his heirs, from invisible-handed markets and perfect competition, supply and demand, and… — George Gilder Copy Share Image
When scientists need to explain difficult points of theory, illustration by hypothetical example - rather than by total abstraction - works well… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
There does seem to be a sense in which physics has gone beyond what human intuition can understand. We shouldn't be too… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Now I don't have to explain to the world about India's position. The world is unanimously appreciating India's position. And the world… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
A complete theory of evolution must acknowledge a balance between "external" forces of environment imposing selection for local adaptation and "internal" forces… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good. — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
Quantum entanglement is a very intriguing issue, but it is not impossible. — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Only black holes of very low mass would emit a significant amount of radiation. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights. — Dmitri Mendeleev Copy Share Image
Democracy, the deceitful theory that the Jew would insinuate - namely, that theory that all men are created equal. — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Pelé is one of the few who contradicted my theory: instead of fifteen minutes of fame, he will have fifteen centuries. — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image