Theory Quotes · Page 50

Christ is indispensable to any scientific theory, even if its practitioners do not have a clue about him.

— William A. Dembski

The difference between theory and practice is larger in practice than the difference between theory and practice in theory.

— Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut

Our mistake is not that we take our theories too seriously, but that we do not take them seriously enough.

— Steven Weinberg

We don't have a solid theory of how the universe originated, but that doesn't mean we have to invoke a deity.

— Alan Guth

For Marx, 'pure' economic theory, that is economic theory which abstracts from a specific social structure, is impossible.

— Ernest Mandel

I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme...

— Karl Popper

“You can’t talk to thermodynamics and you can’t pray to probability theory. You”

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught;but in life there are many things to draw us…

— Epictetus

“The notion of Local Inertial Frame is crucial to understanding Nature and, in particular, General Relativity. Notwithstanding, very few popular science books…

— Felix Alba-Juez

People who get together, regardless of other structures, will find something in common. They are bound to. That was the Pete Seeger…

— Ry Cooder

From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public…

— Johan Huizinga

We already know the limits of Einstein's theories. From the centers of black holes at the very beginning of the universe -…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Although almost every theoretical physicist agrees with my prediction that a black hole should glow like a hot body, it would be…

— Stephen Hawking

If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications,…

— Charles Darwin

Gold has worked down from Alexander's time... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be…

— Bernard Baruch

Based on personal experience and not just on theory, Prayerwalk, offers readers practical insights on how to get up, get moving, and…

— Robin Jones Gunn

I try to tell student writers to read as much as possible, not only literature but philosophy, theory, and to form obsessions.…

— Kate Zambreno

If, in the very intense electric field in the neighbourhood of the cathode, the molecules of the gas are dissociated and are…

— Joseph John Thomson

I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about empirical data, they too can think of…

— Robert Nozick

“the particles are quanta of quantum fields; light is formed by quanta of a field; space is nothing more than a field,…

— Carlo Rovelli

This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. Our most persistent and spectacular efforts are concerned not with the preservation of…

— Eric Hoffer

So Ayurveda is a bunch of techniques and theories and practices that have been accumulated over many centuries in a way that…

— Robert Svoboda

Science is not just for an elite few. Science's vision of the universe is becoming increasingly inaccessible. That doesn't mean it's wrong.…

— Margaret Wertheim

My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands [and I] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and…

— Murray Gell-Mann

Yoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory.

— B.K.S. Iyengar

When I was very young, I played in a punk-rock band, but I also studied music theory and classical music.

— Moby

I always had the theory that if you have a dream, chase it. And I'm chasing it.

— Rau'shee Warren

Don't be an example in someone else's theory, write yours using your own examples.

— Anonymous

“ Get back to work , he would tell himself sternly. There's a garuda to get airborne. ”

— China Miéville

Global warming, like Marxism, is a political theory of actions, demanding compliance with its rules.

— Paul Johnson

“Quantum attention functions are the keys to quantum machine learning.”

— Amit Ray

I always found it satisfying that gravity was described by Einstein's geometric theory of general relativity.

— Antony Garrett Lisi

“Tomorrow is an assumption; it is just a theory! We must wait for tomorrow to see whether tomorrow is real or not!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don't see you jumping out of buildings.

— Richard Dawkins

Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings.

— Albert Einstein

A person who wasn't outraged on first hearing about quantum theory didn't understand what had been said.

— Niels Bohr

Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.

— Vladimir Lenin

It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.

— Thomas Malthus

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong

— Francis Crick

My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.

— Swami Vivekananda