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Theory Quotes by Stephen Hawking
- I think the next [21st] century will be the century of complexity. We have already discovered the basic laws that govern matter and understand all…
- I don't believe that the ultimate theory will come by steady work along existing lines. We need something new. We can't predict what that will…
- If we ever do find a complete theory of the universe, it would be a great triumph of human reason but it wouldn't leave much…
- A theory is a good theory if it satisfies two requirements: it must accurately describe a large class of observations on the basis of a…
- Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp…
- Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into…
- If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and…
- Scientists tend to risk theories they admire
- If there really is a complete unified theory that governs everything, it presumably also determines your actions. But it does so in a way that…
- Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it. No matter how many times…
- If what we regard as real depends on our theory, how can we make reality the basis of our philosophy? ...But we cannot distinguish what…
- M-theory is the unified theory Einstein was hoping to find.
- The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe.
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