Theory Quotes · Page 87

I would not want you to suppose that my rejection of Allen Forte's theory of pitch-class sets implies a rejection of the…

— George Perle

The strong are always free by virtue of their superior strength. So long as government is a mere contest as to which…

— Lysander Spooner

Theories have been outgrown. The means is disappearing, the reality of the sensation alone remains. It is that in its essence which…

— Arthur Dove

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

— Patricia Ann Meyer Spacks

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

— Teresa de Lauretis

History, contrary to popular theories, is kings and dates and battles.

— Terry Pratchett

I have a theory, too, that the best and only answer to a smear or to an honest misunderstanding of the facts…

— Richard M. Nixon

Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her…

— Bell Hooks

My dream is to do something like the female Bourne, and do something in that world. To mix that high level of…

— Ali Larter

For ten years, I went to piano lessons. I don't think I'm a very musical person, and the theory quite defeated me,…

— Ronald Frame

Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.

— Richard Dawkins

Ahimsa in theory no one knows. It is as indefinable as God.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Early-twentieth-century abstraction is art's version of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. It's the idea that changed everything everywhere: quickly, decisively, for good.

— Jerry Saltz

We completely reject the theory of evolution.

— John Ambrose Fleming

Dont be an example in someone elses theory, write yours using your own examples.

— Vikrant Parsai

If Socialism, like all errors, contains some truth (which, moreover, the Supreme Pontiffs have never denied), it is based nevertheless on a…

— Pope Pius XI

Well, evolution's just a theory.' And, I'm thinking to myself, 'Well, thank goodness gravity's a law.'

— Marc Maron

The theory that the man who raises corn does a more important piece of work than the woman who makes it into…

— Ida Tarbell

It is generally assumed that recurrent miscarriage may be due to progesterone deficiency, hypothyroidism or vitamin E deficiency and should be treated…

— Hans Selye

You know, I have a theory about Charlie Haughey. If you give him enough rope, he'll hang you.

— Charles Haughey

As far as social-economic theory is concerned, I am still a Marxist

— Dalai Lama

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want…

— Mao Zedong

The scientific approach to the phenomenon of human nature enables us to be ignorant without bieng frightened, and without, therefore, having to…

— Donald Woods Winnicott

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

— Israelmore Ayivor

We've formed many a theory and belief, but as we look about the human world, it is clear that nobody actually knows…

— Steve Hagen

Philosophers are often actively disinterested in what happens between the cup and the lips (after all, that's "non-ideal theory").

— Dale Jamieson

Just read the farm relief bill. It's just a political version of Einstein's last theory. If a farmer could understand it, he…

— Will Rogers

I became interested in this question of whether you can build wormholes for interstellar travel. I realized that if you had a…

— Kip Thorne

I don't think that design needs theory, but I think designers need theory.

— Johanna Drucker

I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact.

— Winston Churchill

Freud was a hero. He descended to the "Underworld" and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a…

— R. D. Laing

It is clear that everybody interested in science must be interested in world 3 objects. A physical scientist, to start with, may…

— Karl Popper

When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played…

— Moby

For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when…

— Nelson Goodman

So long as we use a certain language, all questions that we can ask will have to be formulated in it and…

— Michael Polanyi

The Mars Rover sent back stunning photos [last week] indicating the past presence of water. The pictures show tiny splotches of blue…

— Argus Hamilton

Show me three lines of the opening theory moves and I will prove to you that two of them are incorrect.

— Emanuel Lasker

Nature first, then theory. Or, better, Nature and theory closely intertwined while you throw all your intellectual capital at the subject. Love…

— E. O. Wilson

The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description…

— Fritjof Capra

It's scientifically proven that chocolate improves your mood. There is something in it that can make you happier and I stand by…

— Odeya Rush