Acquire Quote by Charlie Munger

I never read theory. I think that was to my benefit.

— Nan Goldin

“Theory shows a way to a goal, but it is not the goal. Theory offers security, but there are no secure theories. Theories shed…

— D.A. Blankinship

Before going back to college, i knew i didn't want to be an intellectual, spending my life in books and libraries without knowing what…

— Assata Shakur

“In the past a theory could get by on its beauty; in the modern world a successful theory has to work for a living.”

— Howard Wainer

Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience.

— Rudolph A. Marcus

I had the most beautiful set of theories you ever knew when I started out as a schoolma'am, but every one of them has…

— Anne Shirley

Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a…

— Albert Einstein

The best theory is inspired by practice.

— Donald Knuth

Experience has shown repeatedly that a mathematical theory with a rich internal structure generally turns out to have significant implications for the understanding of…

— William Thurston

I would construct and work along various lines until I found them untenable. When one theory was discarded, I developed another at once. I…

— Thomas A. Edison

I tried to develop some theories that took account of the uncertainty in the world and the complexity in the world.

— Herbert A. Simon

Any theory is better than no theory.

— Fuller Albright