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Theories Quotes by Claude Bernard
- Even mistaken hypotheses and theories are of use in leading to discoveries. This remark is true in all the sciences. The alchemists founded chemistry by…
- It has often been said that, to make discoveries, one must be ignorant. This opinion, mistaken in itself, nevertheless conceals a truth. It means that…
- Theories are like a stairway; by climbing, science widens its horizon more and more, because theories embody and necessarily include proportionately more facts as they…
- Well-observed facts, though brought to light by passing theories, will never die; they are the material on which alone the house of science will at…
- We must keep our freedom of mind, ... and must believe that in nature what is absurd, according to our theories, is not always impossible.
- Men who have excessive faith in their theories or ideas are not only ill prepared for making discoveries; they also make very poor observations. Of…
- Men who have excessive faith in their theories ... make poor observations, because they choose among the results of their experiments only what suits their…
- 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…
- Men who believe too firmly in their theories, do not believe enough in the theories of others. So ... these despisers of their fellows ...…
- [Those] who have an excessive faith in their theories or in their ideas are not only poorly disposed to make discoveries, but they also make…
More Theories Quotes
- Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a… — Hannah Arendt
- People love conspiracy theories. — Neil Armstrong
- Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible. — Hosea Ballou
- A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs… — Stefan Banach
- Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians. — Mortimer Adler
- Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action. — Constantin Brancusi
- A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions. — Emile M. Cioran
- There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work. — Charley Lau
- In evolution, as in all areas of science, our knowledge is incomplete. But the entire success of the scientific enterprise has depended… — Bruce Alberts
- A man practices the art of adventure when he heroically faces up to life. When he has the daring to open doors… — Wilferd Peterson
- Theories have been outgrown. The means is disappearing, the reality of the sensation alone remains. It is that in its essence which… — Arthur Dove
- Let the churches preach doctrines, theories, philosophies to their hearts' content, but when it comes to worship, the real practical part of… — Swami Vivekananda