Theory Quotes · Page 54

There is a gulf between the high value Americans put on life in theory and its cheapness in practice.

— Elizabeth Joan Smith

I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.

— Rafael Nadal

We do what we can, and then make a theory to prove our performance the best.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is the cosmological vacuum energy that contributes a repulsive lambda force to the gravitational force of Newton.”

— John D. Barrow

The idea to put episodes out weekly in theory makes as much sense as putting them all out at once.

— J. J. Abrams

“a particle is simply “an element of an irreducible representation of the symmetry group.”

— Max Tegmark

The E-S theory does not stereotype. Rather, it seeks to explain why individuals are typical or atypical for their sex.

— Simon Baron-Cohen

Physics is a good framework for thinking. ... Boil things down to their fundamental truths and reason up from there.

— Anonymous

We humans have a tendency to see ourselves as completely different from other animals, and the way in which large segments of…

— Kenneth R. Miller

Their films would probably be better if they'd seen a few more films, which runs counter to this idiotic theory that you…

— Jacques Rivette

Philosophy's position with regard to science, which at one time could be designated with the name "theory of knowledge," has been undermined…

— Jurgen Habermas

“The desired shape your dreams take is directly proportional to the practical presentation of the theoretical skills that you have learnt.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“One can still say that quantum mechanics is the key to understanding magnetism. When one enters the first room with this key…

— John H. Van Vleck

He [God] just seems so man-made to me. There are so many theories, and not everyone can be right. It's human nature…

— Janeane Garofalo

Various religions offer a variety of theories about life, death, and eternity. And yet, as different as all religions are, they share…

— Robert Jeffress

In the end, a theory is accepted not because it is confirmed by conventional empirical tests, but because researchers persuade one another…

— Fischer Black

“[On the practical applications of particle physics research with the Large Hadron Collider.] Sometimes the public says, 'What's in it for Numero…

— Michio Kaku

The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the States are independent as to everything within themselves,…

— Thomas Jefferson

There are two books that I often travel with; one is 'The Theory on Moral Sentiments' by Adam Smith. The other is…

— Wen Jiabao

There exists a law, not written down anywhere but inborn in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is going to be necessary that everything that happens in a finite volume of space and time would have to be…

— Richard P. Feynman

I started classes and it wasn't because I was like, 'I want to be an actor!' - I was really interested in…

— Caity Lotz

Mr. Darwin's hypothesis is not, so far as I am aware, inconsistent with any known biological fact; on the contrary, if admitted,…

— Thomas Huxley

[How to think about a problem:] The first step is to make the problem specific . . . ; The second step…

— Brand Blanshard

Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.

— Hosea Ballou

“Because string theory is such a high-risk venture—unsupported by experiment, though very generously supported by the academic”

— Lee Smolin

Come on, Rory! It isn't rocket science, it's just quantum physics! -The Doctor (Matt Smith)

— Steven Moffat

“Einstein said that if quantum mechanics were correct then the world would be crazy. Einstein was right - the world is crazy.”

— Daniel M. Greenberger

In the science, Evolution is a theory about changes; in the myth it is a fact about improvements.

— C. S. Lewis

Our best theory of describing space at a fundamental level is probably string theory.

— Alan Guth

Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.

— Nina Simone

Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.

— Derek Bailey

The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them.

— William Whewell

“Faraday, Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field: How Two Men Revolutionized Physics, by Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon.”

— Douglas E. Richards

When I was in college, I was a semiotics major, which is this hopelessly pretentious body of French literary theory.

— Ira Glass

According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin.

— Ellsworth Huntington

My worthy friend, gray are all theories And green alone Life's golden tree.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

One of my theories about life is that we become what we believe.

— Oprah Winfrey

According to some psychologists, you cannot find happiness until you stop searching for it.

— Anonymous

I have this theory: If you forgive someone, they can't hurt you anymore.

— Anonymous