Government Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I want a theory to come out to guide policy.

— Fred D'Aguiar

“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

“Theory becomes realized among a people only in so far as it represents the realization of that people's needs.”

— Karl Marx

“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

A theory is a battlefield in your head.

— Haruki Murakami

“If theory means a reasonably systematic reflection of our guiding assumptions, it remains as indispensable as ever.”

— Terry Eagleton

“People conspire, that's not a theory.”

— Michael Palmero

Theory is knowledge that doesn't work. Practice is when everything works and you don't know why.

— Hermann Hesse

“Do not be afraid of the word 'theory'. Yes, it can sound dauntingly abstract at times, and in the hands of some writers can…

— Richard Howells

Theory is good; but it doesn't prevent things from existing.

— Jean-Martin Charcot

“In war, theory is all right so far as general principles are concerned; but in reducing general principles to practice there will always be…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

— David Antin