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Theory Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The astonishment of life is the absence of any appearances of reconciliation between the theory and the practice of life.
- The lessons of science should be experimental also. The sight of a planet through a telescope is worth all the course on astronomy; the shock…
- All science has one aim, namely, to find a theory of nature.
- There is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.
- Here is the world, sound as a nut, perfect, not the smallest piece of chaos left, never a stitch nor an end, not a mark…
- We do what we can, and then make a theory to prove our performance the best.
- When we are young, we spend much time and pains in filling our note-books with all definitions of Religion, Love, Poetry, Politics, Art, in the…
- An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
- The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at…
- We commonly say that the rich man can speak the truth, can afford honesty, can afford independence of opinion and action;and thatis the theory of…
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- 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