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Theory 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…
- We must alter theory to adapt it to nature, but not nature to adapt it to theory.
- When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported…
- 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.
- In these researches I followed the principles of the experimental method that we have established, i.e., that, in presence of a well-noted, new fact which…
- A discovery is generally an unforeseen relation not included in theory.
- 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 Theory 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
- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
- People love conspiracy theories. — Neil Armstrong
- Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
- Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product. — Russell Baker
- I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so… — Christian Bale
- 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
- There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here,… — Douglas Adams
- Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number… — Evan Bayh
- All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize… — Ulrich Beck
- In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. — Yogi Berra