Theory Quotes · Page 25

If you look at Einstein's equations and put in low speeds and low gravity, they become Newton's equations.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom.

— Phyllis Schlafly

Whether or not you can observe a thing depends upon the theory you use. It is the theory which decides what can…

— Albert Einstein

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

— Thomas Jefferson

Relativity theory forced the abandonment, in principle, of absolute space and absolute time.

— Marshall McLuhan

“Any theory that makes progress is bound to be initially counterintuitive.”

— Daniel C. Dennett

In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory.

— Robert Delaunay

... My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory ...

— Alexander Kotov

We're going to need a definitive quantum theory of gravity, which is part of a grand unified theory - it's the main…

— Kip Thorne

The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts…

— William Whewell

If you want me to rule out ever being Manchester United manager, I can't. Special clubs need special managers, so in theory…

— Jose Mourinho

My theory of change is that there are already millions of people working day in and day out on the ground to…

— Chris Hughes

A mere inference or theory must give way to a truth revealed; but a scientific truth must be maintained, however contradictory it…

— David Brewster

Quantum physics is one of the hardest things to understand intuitively, because essentially the whole point is that our classical picture is…

— Neil Turok

You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be…

— Henri Matisse

Quantum mechanics is so counter-intuitive, physicists have never been able to come up with a comfortable picture of how it works.

— Taner Edis

Despite popular theories, I believe people fall in love based not on good looks or fate but on knowledge. Either they are…

— Elizabeth McCracken

Scientific theories never dictate human values, but they can often cast new light on ethical issues. From a sexual selection viewpoint, moral…

— Geoffrey Miller

My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of…

— Alastair Campbell

“Take an electron at rest. We can liberate its mass energy and transform it into different manifestations of energy by making it…

— Henning Genz

What The Source becomes, in a physical sense, is almost like this particle accelerator. There's all these different, discrete voices and ideas.…

— Doug Aitken

I work in the field of art, and you know how during a period of Marxist ideology, fewer people are inclined to…

— Joseph Beuys

Virtually everything we do is dependent on others, from the arts and culture to farmers who grow the food we eat. Quite…

— Amartya Sen

Incidentally, disturbance from cosmic background radiation is something we have all experienced. Tune your television to any channel it doesn't receive, and…

— Bill Bryson

It is human to search for the theory of everything and it is superhuman to find it.

— Kedar Joshi

Einstein was always looking for a unifying principle for the universe. I think anxiety about hair is the unifying principle.

— Diane Sawyer

All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts.

— Carl Schmitt

The girl I find who wants to talk about quantum theory in a bar is the one I want to marry.

— Brandon Boyd

We are more heavily invested in the theories of failure than we are in the theories of success.

— Albert Bandura

I don't agree with the theory that removing grass and pace from the pitch nullifies Mitchell Johnson.

— James Anderson

System administration is where theory meets practice with a vengeance.

— Steve Simmons

I use game theory to help myself understand conflict situations and opportunities.

— Thomas Schelling

One of the most beautiful hypotheses ever propounded in physics is ... the Dynamical Theory of Gases

— Simon Newcomb

Not only are facts and theories in constant disharmony, they are never as neatly separated as everyone makes them out to be.

— Paul Feyerabend

I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

— Ellen Glasgow

Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher.

— Ty Cobb

Four predictions of the Big Bang Theory have now been verified - surely enough to quench even the most biased critics.

— Joseph Silk

Every theory of love, from Plato down teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.

— G. Stanley Hall

Millions saw an apple falling but only Newton asked why; because the apple didnt fall onto his head but into his mind.

— Vikrant Parsai

My theory is that when you're famous, you're no different from anybody else - it's just that more people know your name.

— Oprah Winfrey