Theory Quotes · Page 43

Lacanian theory must be understood as a kind of “slave morality.

— Judith Butler

All theory, my friend, is grey, But green is life's glad golden tree.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I think it's a theory, the theory of evolution and I don't accept it as a theory.

— Ron Paul

We know there must be new physics. For example, we cannot explain what dark matter is.

— Fabiola Gianotti

Damn! that's some quantum shit right there man! You should be teaching classes!

— Kevin Hart

One’s life and passion may be elsewhere, but New York is where you prove if what you think in theory makes sense…

— Miuccia Prada

The state of the world, of course, is constantly changing, and so is theory.

— Teresa de Lauretis

Theories by women about women have only recently begun to appear in print. Theories by men about women are abundant.

— Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks

I went to the University of Toronto to study the history and theory of film, in the back of my mind thinking…

— Tom Rachman

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go,…

— Samuel Smiles

The absurd consequences of neglecting structure but using the concept of order just the same are evident if one examines the present…

— Rudolf Arnheim

In aesthetic theory it might be extremely difficult, if not quite impracticable, to draw a line between the canon of classicism, or…

— Thorstein Veblen

Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to straight woman, addict mother to newborn baby,…

— Anna Quindlen

The present state of atomic theory is characterized by the fact that we not only believe the existence of atoms to be…

— Niels Bohr

“The Theory of Sexual Understanding is mine. I created it. It works between a man and a woman. It's this: Everything's up…

— Jonathan Gash

“What do you know about quantum physics?” An unwilling curiosity welled up in Emma. “Not much except that it’s a modern theory…

— Rebecca Zanetti

I learned to play by ear before I learned music theory. For me, that makes sense. After all, children learn to speak…

— Jools Holland

My training in science is actually one that is very critical of mechanistic science. I was trained in quantum theory which emerged…

— Vandana Shiva

In fact, Gentlemen, no geometry without arithmetic, no mechanics without geometry... you cannot count upon success, if your mind is not sufficiently…

— Jean-Victor Poncelet

The Theory of Relativity confers an absolute meaning on a magnitude which in classical theory has only a relative significance: the velocity…

— Max Planck

I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to "truthiness." I am also someone who has been trained in…

— John Hodgman

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

“Nazi theory indeed specifically denies that such a thing as "the truth" exists. […] The implied objective of this line of thought…

— George Orwell

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

The elements, if arranged according to their atomic weights, exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties.

— Dmitri Mendeleev

That's really part of being a grounded theory researcher - putting names to concepts and experiences that people have.

— Brené Brown

There is a theory that sooner or later anything in America that is any fun at all will be ruined by people…

— Calvin Trillin

In physics, all can you do is predict the consequences of physical laws.

— Leonard Mlodinow

When it is useful to them, men can believe a theory of which they know nothing more than its name.

— Vilfredo Pareto

The conspiracy theory of society... comes from abandoning god and then asking: "Who is in his place"

— Karl Popper

My theory is because I'm Asian and white I sort of look like the future. I'm the melting pot.

— Moon Bloodgood

The calcium theory has probably done more to damage our health than any single theory in the history of humanity.

— David Wolfe

The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.

— Walt Whitman

Tantric Buddhism means that we become mature adults and we learn the reality of chaos theory.

— Frederick Lenz

If string theory is a mistake, it's not a trivial mistake. It's a deep mistake and therefore kind of worthy.

— Lee Smolin

The patient, treated on the fashionable theory, sometimes gets well in spite of the medicine.

— Thomas Jefferson

Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.

— James Cash Penney

People are experience-rich and theory-poor. I help people organize / make sense of their experiences.

— Malcolm Gladwell

My theory is to let everyone in on what works and let the best man win.

— Brian Shaw

I call that [Book of Job], apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with pen.

— Thomas Carlyle