Our Theories Quotes

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Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly been said, that the greater… — Humphry Davy
I have learnt that all our theories are not Truth itself, but resting places or stages on the way to the conquest of Truth, and… — Justus von Liebig
In chemistry, our theories are crutches; to show that they are valid, they must be used to walk... A theory established with the help of… — Jean-Baptiste Dumas
Perhaps generations of students of human evolution, including myself, have been flailing about in the dark; that our data base is too sparse, too slippery,… — David Pilbeam
It is true that the grasping of truth is not possible without empirical basis. However, the deeper we penetrate and the more extensive and embracing… — Albert Einstein
When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations… — Freeman Dyson
Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form… — Gautama Buddha
The facts will eventually test all our theories, and they form, after all, the only impartial jury to which we can appeal. — Louis Agassiz
All our theories of improving the world, while we are still asleep, merely intensify the sleep of humanity. — Maurice Nicoll
If you look at our theories of social pathology and then at the dismal conditions in which children grow up in our ghettos, you would… — Albert Bandura
One of the ways of stopping science would be only to do experiments in the region where you know the law. But experimenters search most… — Richard P. Feynman
We must keep our freedom of mind, ... and must believe that in nature what is absurd, according to our theories, is not always impossible. — Claude Bernard
Things are still in early stages, but one can imagine that as we build up and systematize our theories of these associations, and try to… — David Chalmers
Progress is achieved by exchanging our theories for new ones which go further than the old, until we find one based on a larger number… — Claude Bernard
The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief. — George Eliot
Many theories of the ancient world seem terribly childish today, a hodge-podge of fables and false comparisons.But our theories will seem childish five-hundred years from… — Jacob Bronowski
One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity. — Rem Koolhaas

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