Theory Quotes

A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more extended its area of applicability.

I don't believe anything till I have seen the proof. For anything without proof, I think we should believe the theory that gives us peace. It doesn't matter whether the theory is true or not.

I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.

The man has a theory. The woman has hipbones. Here comes Death.

I love academics, theory and all that. I love and admire that and try to do as much reading as I can.

In theory we are all equal before the law. In practice, there are overwhelming privileges that come with winning the birth lottery.

The German Fuhrer, as I have consistently maintained, is an evolutionist; he has consistently sought to make the practices of Germany conform to the theory of evolution.

My theory is, independent movies only work if you're willing to push the material and do something different.

Cruelty is, in theory, a perfectly adequate ground for divorce, but it may be interpreted so as to become absurd.

Mrs. Schneiderman's theory of life was that earth held no sorrow that food could not heal.

In the science, Evolution is a theory about changes; in the myth it is a fact about improvements.

[T]he most viciously intolerant campus I ever visited as a lecturer was Brown, where the humanities program has been gutted by a jejune brand of feminist theory and cultural and media studies.

I have this theory: If you forgive someone, they can't hurt you anymore.

Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves and flowers of theory must be pruned and the plant kept close to its proper soil- experience.

It is also in theory, conceivable that some universal empire some day might cover the whole globe, leaving no external "barbarians" to serve as invaders.

Holly's theory about the army," Sharon explained. And what is it?" Denise asked, intrigued. Oh, that fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.

A discovery is generally an unforeseen relation not included in theory.

I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.

Evolutionary theory holds that our ability to sense when we should be suspicious has been every bit as essential for human survival as our capacity for trust and cooperation.

A mere inference or theory must give way to a truth revealed; but a scientific truth must be maintained, however contradictory it may appear to the most cherished doctrines of religion.

I started when I was nine. Really, everything I know about color theory, composition, drawing, and painting, I learned when I was a kid.

Music is an attitude. It's a sensation to the average person, to the human being. And keep it simple, stupid. That's always been my theory.

Very dangerous things, theories.

Take a look at yourself, the mirror's revealing. If yeen got it, yeen got it the theory is brilliant.

The theory of the teacher with all these immigrant kids was that if you spoke English loudly enough they would eventually understand.

How good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.

Observations always involve theory.

Events in the train of prophecy that had their fulfillment away in the past are made future, and thus by these theories the faith of some is undermined.

Earlier attempts to show that simpler theories always have higher prior probabilities have failed, but there is a restricted circumstance in which the claim is right.

In theory it is easy to convince an ignorant person; in actual life, men not only object to offer themselves to be convinced, but hate the man who has convinced them.

This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. The desire for praise is more imperative than the desire for food and shelter

We are definitely living in the butterfly effect theory, where any change that is made in the past is going to have a very logical cause-and-effect ramification of the present.

My theory of composition? Simple: do not release the shutter until everything in the viewfinder feels just right.

Chaos theory simply suggests that what appears to most people as chaos is not really chaotic, but a series of different types of orders with which the human mind has not yet become familiar.

Progress in science is often built on wrong theories that are later corrected. It is better to be wrong than to be vague.

I never understood the theory, once popular among doctors, that blamed mental disorders on too little or too much mother love. My own mother was my darling.

Personally, I never admired communists because they operate on the theory that human beings are nice people.

Very simple was my explanation, and plausible enough---as most wrong theories are!

A theory is a battlefield in your head.

Anecdotal data is not incidental to theory development at all, but an essential part of it.

No matter what theory of the origin of government you adopt, if you follow it out to its legitimate conclusions it will bring you face to face with the moral law.

The theory of truth is a series of truisms.

Power floats like money, like language, like theory.

When I was a kid, my parents had a 900-pound television on top of a TV tray. My dad's theory was, 'Let him pull it over his head a few times, he'll learn.'

Here is my theory on this one. If you write things down, if there is a mystery and you try and explain it, once you've written it down for permanent, in due time, it'll be proven stupid.

All theory, my friend, is grey, But green is life's glad golden tree.

There's nothing worse than people talking about theories and humor.

A man who has bought a theory will fight a vigorous rearguard action against the facts.

Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.