Theoretical Quotes

248 Theoretical quotes by 204 unique authors

Our hypotheses are initially rooted in theoretical consistency and elegance, but...ultimatel y it is experiment not rigid belief that determines what is correct. — Lisa Randall
Poverty that is learned with the humble, the poor, the sick and all those who are on the existential peripheries of life. Theoretical poverty is… — Pope Francis
"What would I do if?.." By thinking tactically, we can more easily arrive at correct tactical solutions, and practice - even theoretical practice - tends… — Jeff Cooper
In a few decades of reconstruction, even the mathematical natural sciences, the ancient archetypes of theoretical perfection, have changed habit completely! — Edmund Husserl
The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice. — Elihu Root
Indeed, the most important part of engineering work-and also of other scientific work-is the determination of the method of attacking the problem, whatever it may… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found… — Mikhail Chigorin
If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: a theoretical attitude toward it… — Karl Jaspers
In some theoretical way I know that a half-million people hear the show. But in a day-to-day way, there's not much evidence of it. — Ira Glass
The intrusion of history is not just theoretical. It is also the legacy of being an accomplice or a victim, or just an onlooker. In… — Charles S. Maier
The most dangerous type of atheism is not theoretical atheism, but practical atheism -that's the most dangerous type. And the world, even the church, is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hence the sterile, uninspiring futility of a great many theoretical discussions of ethics, and the resentment which many people feel towards such discussions: moral principles… — Ayn Rand
We read many books, but that does not bring us knowledge. We may read all the Bibles in the world, but that will not give… — Swami Vivekananda
The pace of science forces the pace of technique. Theoretical physics forces atomic energy on us; the successful production of the fission bomb forces upon… — Erich Fromm
The earlier, more analytic impulse was to use very rational but kind of absurd techniques or tendenciesâ€”mapping, charting, and architectureâ€”to try and make sense of… — Julie Mehretu
I think philosophers can do things akin to theoretical scientists, in that, having read about empirical data, they too can think of what hypotheses and… — Robert Nozick
A theoretical physicist can spend his entire lifetime missing the intellectual challenge of experimental work, experiencing none of the thrills and dangers - the overhead… — Leon M. Lederman
Even in the dark times between experimental breakthroughs, there always continues a steady evolution of theoretical ideas, leading almost imperceptibly to changes in previous beliefs. — Steven Weinberg
The aether: Invented by Isaac Newton, reinvented by James Clerk Maxwell. This is the stuff that fills up the empty space of the universe. Discredited… — Leon M. Lederman
The facile economic and psychological debunking of the theoretical life cannot do away with its irreducible beauties. — Allan Bloom

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