Theoretical Quotes

248 Theoretical quotes by 204 unique authors

In 1955, I got my degree in electrical-mechanical engineering. I realised, however, that my interest was less in practical applications than in the understanding of… — Francois Englert
The brain-mind is not a computer, and regarding it as one has led to a variety of theoretical dead ends. — Siri Hustvedt
My father was born in Amsterdam in a highly religious family. He was in Amsterdam, and he went into hiding right near where Anne Frank… — Josh Pais
The progress of science is much more muddled than is depicted in most history books. This is especially true of theoretical physics, partly because history… — David Gross
The early 1960s, when I started my graduate studies at UC Berkeley, were a period of experimental supremacy and theoretical impotence. — David Gross
Actually, I was more or less determined to be a theoretical physicist at the age of thirteen. — David Gross
Since the founding of quantum mechanics in the 1920s, theoretical physics had nurtured an extremely radical tradition. — David Gross
It was at this moment that I wrote my first important paper in theoretical physics. I was 32 years old, 5 years beyond the alleged… — Robert B. Laughlin
The work requires a moderately large investment in technological and theoretical developments and long periods of time to carry them out, without the pressure to… — Aaron Klug
Value is consequently the necessary theoretical starting point whence we can elucidate the peculiar phenomenon of prices resulting from capitalist competition. — Rudolf Hiferding
Close contact between science and the practice of collective farms and State farms creates inexhaustible opportunities for the development of theoretical knowledge, enabling us to… — Trofim Lysenko
Darwin himself, in his day, was unable to fight free of the theoretical errors of which he was guilty. It was the classics of Marxism… — Trofim Lysenko
I studied economics and made it my career for two reasons. The subject was and is intellectually fascinating and challenging, particularly to someone with taste… — James Tobin
A theoretical grounding in agronomy must, therefore, include knowledge of biological laws. — Trofim Lysenko
The main concern of the study is with the outline of a theoretical system. Its minor variations from writer to writer are not a matter… — Talcott Parsons
Thus, in general, in the first instance, the direction of interest in empirical fact will be canalised by the logical structure of the theoretical system. — Talcott Parsons
This success led my theoretical group to the chemical reactivity theory, extending more and more widely the range of compound and reactions that were discussed. — Kenichi Fukui
I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical. — Ferran Adria
When friends and lovers die and your world gets quieter; that's when the silence comes closer; that's when next isn't the least bit theoretical or… — Bruce Jackson
Yes, he wanted me to do Funny Games before, which I didn't want to do because the film was very theoretical - the way people… — Isabelle Huppert
We have to distinguish two classes of instincts, one of which, the sexual instincts or Eros, is by far the more conspicuous and accessible to… — Sigmund Freud
All order, I've come to understand, is theoretical, unreal, a harmless, sensible, smiling mask men slide between the two great, dark realities, the self and… — John Gardner
TRUTH = T. Theoretical R. Rationalizations U. Understood T. Throughout H. Humanity — Stanley Victor Paskavich

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