Accepting Quote by Paul Fry

In general, inquiry ceases when we adopt a theory. After that, we overlook whatever makes against it, and see and think, and talk and…

— Christian Nestell Bovee

I don't think theory adds to criticism. (Methodology does, for better or worse.) Theory's function is to make criticism self-conscious, maybe even a little…

— Paul Fry

“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

The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its…

— Thomas Huxley

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

— David Antin

A theory is a battlefield in your head.

— Haruki Murakami

Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.

— Linus Torvalds

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

— Hermann Hesse

Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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

— Michael Palmero

When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is…

— Claude Bernard

The important question is whether [a theory] is true, not whether envisioning an alternative is too intellectually painful to bear.

— J. D. Trout