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Theory Quotes by Richard P. Feynman
- If there is something very slightly wrong in our definition of the theories, then the full mathematical rigor may convert these errors into ridiculous conclusions.
- It is going to be necessary that everything that happens in a finite volume of space and time would have to be analyzable with a…
- One of the ways of stopping science would be only to do experiments in the region where you know the law. But experimenters search most…
- The electron is a theory we use; it is so useful in understanding the way nature works that we can almost call it real.
- Unless a thing can be defined by measurement, it has no place in a theory. And since an accurate value of the momentum of a…
- We've learned from experience that the truth will come out. Other experimenters will repeat your experiment and find out whether you were wrong or right.…
- It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.
- Scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the…
- Progress in science comes when experiments contradict theory.
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- 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