Areas Quote by Torbjorn Tannsjo

There can be theory but, you know, the problem is you've got to be able to test it. So theories are one thing, testing…

— Brian Schmidt

Do not say hypothesis, and even less theory: say way of thinking.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Theories are just fantasies. And they change.

— Michael Crichton

With theory, we can separate fundamental characteristics from fascinating idiosyncrasies and incidental features. Theory supplies landmarks and guideposts, and we begin to know what…

— John Henry Holland

But some of these theories are so bold that they can clash with reality: they are the testable theories of science. And when they…

— Karl Popper

We humans seem to be extremely good at generating ideas, theories, and explanations that have the ring of plausibility. We may be relatively deficient,…

— Thomas Gilovich

You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous.

— Richard Holbrooke

Our theories are the weakest part of what we say. What we're working from is the fact of an experience which we need to…

— Terence McKenna

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena.

— William Whewell

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

— David Antin

Whenever a true theory appears, it will be its own evidence. Its test is, that it will explain all phenomena.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Theory is needed to tell you where to look.

— Marcus du Sautoy