Theory Quotes · Page 48

Theory-free science makes about as much sense as value-free politics.

— Stephen Jay Gould

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.

— Anonymous

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his master

— Anonymous

A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.

— Jane Smiley

Dark matter is particularly intriguing because it's some kind of particle - that's for sure.

— Priyamvada Natarajan

The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.

— Anonymous

You can never tell what will happen to a theory before you can get around to using it.

— Josephine Lawrence

Always think about practice... theory is not the endpoint of work, it is the work along the way to work.

— Felix Gonzalez-Torres

I have lived among enough painters and around studios to have had all the theories - and how contradictory they are -…

— D. H. Lawrence

Thus at the beginning of 1906 it seemed to be established that the emitters of the spectral series of chemical elements are…

— Johannes Stark

In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get…

— Tom Seaver

They say Einstein died while he was still trying to figure out gravity. I think I'm going to die still trying to…

— Tom DeLonge

All that stuff I was taught about evolution, embryology, Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell.…

— Paul Broun

The problem with feature filmmaking is that it offers you this mirage of being able to achieve perfection, as the theory of…

— Kapil Sharma

Black holes are pretty scary when you ponder them. They seem nihilistic, infinitely destructive on an inconceivable scale, notwithstanding the ideas of…

— James Marsh

It is good to keep in mind ... that nobody has ever succeeded in producing even one new species by the accumulation…

— Richard Goldschmidt

I have a theory, which is that the idea of a roast is to go to this forbidden, uncomfortable, almost performance-art-level shock…

— Whitney Cummings

I had a great deal of independence from the president and the White House during the entirety of my five years. And…

— Donald Verrilli Jr

Although the formulations of science now offer the most advanced knowledge of nature, men continue to use obsolete forms of thought long…

— Max Horkheimer

The Failure of Will theory is equally popular with people who are not depressed. Get out and take your mind off yourself,…

— Chase Twichell

Agricultural practice served Darwin as the material basis for the elaboration of his theory of Evolution, which explained the natural causation of…

— Trofim Lysenko

“Matter and energy are equivalent, according to the equation E=mc2, where E stand for energy, m for mass and c for the…

— Marcha A. Fox

Writers are greatly respected. The intelligent public is wonderfully patient with them, continues to read them, and endures disappointment after disappointment, waiting…

— Saul Bellow

I did my masters in elementary particles. But the foundations of elementary particles is quantum theory and there were too many conceptual…

— Vandana Shiva

Theories without facts may be barren, but facts without theories are meaningless.

— Kenneth E. Boulding

I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don't do color theory!

— Colleen Atwood

There is a tendency for people to say evolution is only a theory. That is inappropriate.

— Richard Dawkins

The theory, hypothesis, framework, or background knowledge held by an investigator can strongly influence what is observed.

— Norwood Russell Hanson

The current situation with regard to theory is odd and maybe defined by a paradox.

— Simon Critchley

“Theory-the seeing of patterns, showing the forest as well as the trees”

— Adrienne Rich

In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them.

— Maurice de Vlaminck

I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector.

— John Henry Newman

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

— H. L. Mencken

Physics advances by accepting absurdities. Its history is one of unbelievable ideas proving to be true.

— Rivka Galchen

“To me, it was clear proof of the existence of supersymmetry, the idea that every particle has a partner. She was mine.”

— Olivia Sudjic

Only six men in the world know about relativity. I am not one of them. When I ask them to explain, they…

— Albert Einstein

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

— David Antin

No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.

— Samuel Reshevsky

I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil.

— Penn Jillette

Truth is a theory that is constantly being disproved. Only lies, it seems, go on forever.

— Eartha Kitt