Theory Quotes · Page 92

“Every theoretical explanation is a reduction of intuition.”

— Peter Høeg

Where these reduced (operational - E.W.) concepts govern the analysis of the human reality, individual or social, mental or material, they arrive…

— Herbert Marcuse

A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory.

— Anonymous

ANARCHISM:The philosophy of a new social order based on liberty unrestricted by man-made law; the theory that all forms of government rest…

— Emma Goldman

I always tell my critics that if they don't like this theory for helping people - come up with a better one…

— Tim LaHaye

I had set out to disprove quantum field theory - and the opposite occurred! I was shocked.

— David Gross

With all reserve we advance the view that a supernova represents the transition of an ordinary star into a neutron star consisting…

— Fritz Zwicky

I look at the most promising putative moral theories. I construct crucial thought experiments in areas where they give conflicting advice. I…

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

The experimental investigation by which Ampere established the law of the mechanical action between electric currents is one of the most brilliant…

— James Clerk Maxwell

A man practices the art of adventure when he heroically faces up to life. When he has the daring to open doors…

— Wilferd Peterson

There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting…

— Austin Kleon

As you say, the way string theory requires all these extra dimensions and this comes from certain consistency requirements about how string…

— Roger Penrose

Only a spiritually bankrupt society could ever believe it. Only atheists could accept this Satanic theory.

— Jimmy Swaggart

When consequentialist theories are developed in terms of an equally shallow psychology of the good - such as a crude form of…

— Allen W. Wood

Some string theorists prefer to believe that string theory is too arcane to be understood by human beings, rather than consider the…

— Lee Smolin

I know that a good many champions have entertained the thought that the more they discourage youngsters, the longer they would reign.…

— Major Taylor

Very much, string theory is simply a work in progress. What we are inching toward every day are predictions that within the…

— Brian Greene

We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of…

— Pete McCloskey

I use game theory to help myself understand conflict situations and opportunities.

— Thomas Schelling

The theory of probabilities is basically only common sense reduced to a calculus. It makes one estimate accurately what right-minded people feel…

— Pierre-Simon Laplace

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

— Anonymous

Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin…

— E. O. Wilson

I'd rather sink with a bad theory than swim with muddy pragmatism.

— Ben Miller

I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

We are stripped bare by the curse of plenty. [Referring to the theory that over-production caused the Depression]

— Winston Churchill

There is no scientific theory that could lead us from a detailed map of every single neuron in someone's brain to a…

— Stuart J. Russell

The theory of the earth is the science which describes and explains changes that the terrestrial globe has undergone from its beginning…

— Horace-Benedict de Saussure

Everybody should espouse three or four harmless crank theories for the pure pleasure of having something harmless to be cranky about. And…

— Alexei Panshin

With the subsequent strong support from cybernetics , the concepts of systems thinking and systems theory became integral parts of the established…

— Fritjof Capra

America traditionally represents the greatest possibility of someone's going from nothing to something. Why? In theory, if not practice, the government stays…

— Larry Elder

We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the Government…

— Calvin Coolidge

[I]n constitutional adjudication some steps, which when taken were thought to approach 'the verge,' have become the platform for yet further steps.…

— Warren E. Burger

Atheism is a natural and inseparable part of Marxism, of the theory and practice of scientific socialism. Our program necessarily includes the…

— Vladimir Lenin

I've always had a theory that the biggest odds you'll ever face are the odds of being conceived. So if you beat…

— Ken Wahl

The major motivation theories by which most men live can lead them only to depression and cynicism.

— Abraham Maslow

I totally go against the theory that you got to win to be successful. It's how you handle your situation.

— Brian Kilmeade

History has got a lot to do with unique circumstances under certain particular cases and grand theories will always find counter cases.…

— Richard Lewontin

I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably…

— Wendy Cope

Though, in debating with regard to theories, it be lawful to say whether this or that is consistent with the Divine attributes,…

— Nehemiah Adams

There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.

— Anthony Lewis