Theory Quotes

No theory about our bodies as mere objects of observation and calculation (as distinct from partners in communicative interaction, assumed to be free) can comprehend human nature.

[To organize a school] looks much more difficult in theory than it does in practice.

I'm not a yeller. My theory is that no one goes out there trying to screw up.

The transition from the concept of information in the technical (communication engineering) sense to the semantic (theory of meaning) sense was indeed difficult, if not impossible.

To be sure, theory is useful. But without warmth of heart and without love it bruises the very ones it claims to save.

Both the brightness and the spectrum of the X-rays are very different from what theory predicts.

I believe conspiracy theories are part of a larger conspiracy to distract us from the real conspiracy. String theory.

Nobility and self-sacrifice sound wonderful in theory, but now he’s seen how it feels. A dead hero is still dead at the end of the day, and you’re still alone.

There are a lot of good things about string theory, and it's great that some people want to work on it.

I always found it satisfying that gravity was described by Einstein's geometric theory of general relativity.

I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory.

Science preceded the theory of science, and is independent of it. Science preceded naturalism, and will survive it.

A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the theory of reincarnation.

Something unknown is doing we don't know what-that is what our theory amounts to.

Schrödinger's wave-mechanics is not a physical theory, but a dodge - and a very good dodge too.

Never accept a fact until it has been verified by theory.

I don't believe any experiment until it is confirmed by theory. I find this is a witty inversion of "conventional" wisdom.

Don't believe the results of experiments until they're confirmed by theory.

It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.

one of the tests of a theory is that, once grasped, it appears self-evident.

My theory on smear pieces is try and win 'em over.

I read a lot of science books - I love cosmology, quantum theory, particle physics. So my idea of a great read would probably put you directly into a coma.

Here I find a puzzle of great beauty: Canada works well in practice, but just doesn't work out in theory.

So we don't need more top-down economics. We've tried that theory. We've seen what happens. We can't afford to go back to it.

My theory about comedians is that their greatest fear is other people laughing at them. So comedy is an attempt to control and manipulate the thing they find most frightening.

I think Darwinism as a theory explaining evolution within species is incredibly brilliant - just unbelievably, incredibly brilliant.

To Marx the claim of the theory of ideology is that all doctrine is a derivative of social circumstance.

To despise theory is to have the excessively vain pretension to do without knowing what one does, and to speak without knowing what one says.

Upon hearing via Littlewood an exposition on the theory of relativity: To think I have spent my life on absolute muck.

It is only theory that makes men completely incautious.

My number-one theory in life is that style is proportional to your lack of resources - the less you have, the more stylish you're likely to be.

It is a very long and very difficult road from a fact to a conclusion. But it is a million times longer from a theory to a fact.

I have a theory that the Internet makes people stupider. And Also FOX News makes people stupider.

I guess I would know more about permaculture than most people, and I can't define it. It's multi-dimensional - chaos theory was inevitably involved in it from the beginning.

The thing about a theory in science is it allows you make predictions. Evolutionary theory allows us to predict what apples will taste good next harvest.

Earlier research has shown that poor blood flow can damage these parts of the brain. So one theory is that exercise may prevent damage and might even help repair these areas by increasing blood flow.

My theory is that, just like with omitting a final comma in a list when not essential for meaning, publishers are trying to save paper and ink or pixels on-screen.

I coined this term 'freedom thru limitation' back in the '90s because I was sick of art being treated like pop, because of this boring 'anything can be art' theory.

I was listening to stuff and I realized that I've had a lot of different lives. You know the theory [that says] every seven years, you have a different life? I think that's true.

I took music theory in high school and dropped out halfway through the semester because it was ruining music for me.

If you go with Marshall McLuhan's theory that the medium is the message, as soon as you're hosting a blooper show, you're done.

That's really part of being a grounded theory researcher - putting names to concepts and experiences that people have.

I've gotten such good feedback from that [re-team with Wil Wheaton for Big Bang Theory appearance], and I hardly did anything.

I mean, I'm the tag of the [ Big Bang Theory ] show! That was one of the easiest jobs I've ever had.

Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre, the guys who run that show [Big Bang Theory], are really funny and really smart, and the cast is fantastic to work with.

One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity.

My emotional investment is in finding truth. If string theory is wrong, I'd like to have known that yesterday. But if we can show it today or tomorrow, fantastic.

I’ve spent something like 17 years working on a theory for which there is essentially no direct experimental support.

I would say in one sentence my goal is to at least be part of the journey to find the unified theory that Einstein himself was really the first to look for.

Falsifiability for a theory is great, but a theory can still be respectable even if it is not falsifiable, as long as it is verifiable.