Empirical Quote by Albert Einstein

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

— Francis Crick

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

— Anonymous

Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.

— Agatha Christie

Empirical laws [...] have only slight or even no value beyond the limits within which they have been observed to be true.

— Vilfredo Pareto

When that theory is isolated from known facts, it is likely not to be productive.

— Patricia Churchland

If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts.

— Baruch Spinoza

If you can't think of an observation that could disprove a theory, that theory simply isn't scientific.

— Jerry A. Coyne

If you claim to have a theory that deduces unexpected consequences from nontrivial principles, let's see it.

— Noam Chomsky

Too many theorists have a tendency to ignore facts that contradict their convictions.

— Maurice Allais

Of course, if one ignores contradictory observations, one can claim to have an "elegant" or "robust" theory. But it isn't science.

— Halton Arp

The truth of a theory can never be proven, for one never knows if future experience will contradict its conclusions.

— Albert Einstein

No single theory ever agrees with all the facts in its domain

— Paul Feyerabend