Theoretically Quotes

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To picture world history as advancing smoothly and steadily without sometimes taking gigantic strides backward is undialectical, unscientific and theoretically wrong. — Vladimir Lenin
The great masses of men, though theoretically free, are seen to submit supinely to oppression and exploitation of a hundred abhorrent sorts. Have they no… — H. L. Mencken
In mathematical quarters, the regular division of the plane has been considered theoretically. ... [Mathematicians] have opened the gate leading to an extensive domain, but… — M.C. Escher
Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100 per cent of income so long as the people get benefits from the… — Barack Obama, Sr.
If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity. — Charles Francis Richter
Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older civilizations could do… — Enrico Fermi
The EU Kids Online project is the most theoretically informed and methodologically sophisticated study we have on the issue of risks in the new electronic… — David Finkelhor
Spiritual realization is theoretically the easiest thing and in practice the most difficult thing there is. It is the easiest because it is enough to… — Frithjof Schuon
If the objective of testing were to prove that a program is free of bugs, then not only would testing be practically impossible, but it… — Boris Beizer
Despite the immense distance between our own solar system (including the earth) and the nearest other solar systems, a journey from one system to another… — Hermann Oberth
We would never call inexplicable little insights hunches, for fear of drawing the universe's attention. But they happened, and you knew you had been in… — China Mieville
Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically, one is sometimes… — Irving Babbitt
Theoretically, the actor ought to be more sound in mind and body than other people, since he learns to understand the psychological problems of human… — Uta Hagen
Not winning a tournament is not an option for me, unless it's no longer theoretically possible - then of course winning becomes impossible. But up… — Magnus Carlsen
I didn't get my licence because I wasn't allowed to. But I haven't had a seizure for a long time so I could, theoretically, get… — Hugo Weaving
Each one of us must in the end choose for himself how far he would like to leave our collective fate to the wayward vagaries… — Learned Hand
Liberty calls to us again. We must follow her further; we must trust her fully. Either we must wholly accept her or she will not… — Henry George
To avoid the hard necessity of either obeying or rejecting the plain instructions of our Lord in the New Testament we take refuge in a… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The theoretically unrestricted right to develop power, to wage war against other states, is antisocial and is doubly dangerous, because the state as a mass… — Christian Lous Lange
What happened on September 11th is at least, theoretically, small stuff compared to what can happen. — Robert D. Kaplan

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