Theory Quotes
The theory that religion is a force for peace, often heard among the religious right and its allies today, does not fit the facts of history.
From the outset Maxwell's theory excelled all others in elegance and in the abundance of the relations between the various phenomena which it included.
Anthroposophy is not a game, nor just a theory; it is a task that must be faced for the sake of human evolution.
Assumption Theory: The only safe assumption in life is that the person who assures you that everything is all right is all wrong.
In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.
Evolutionary game theory is a way of thinking about evolution at the phenotypic level when the fitnesses of particular phenotypes depend on their frequencies in the population.
I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.
It has become inordinately difficult even to begin to think about constructing a naturalistic theory of the evolution of that first reproducing organism.
It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds.
I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value.
My friend Phil has a theory that the Lord, having made teenagers, felt constrained to make amends and so created the golden retriever.
Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves.
You simply cannot invent any conspiracy theory so ridiculous and obviously satirical that some people somewhere don't already believe it.
I think, you know, the thing everybody really wants to know anyway is not what the theory of relativity is, but I think what we all really want to know anyways, is whether we're loved or not.
The mathematical framework of quantum theory has passed countless successful tests and is now universally accepted as a consistent and accurate description of all atomic phenomena.
If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.
According to Gur's theory of boredom, everything that happens in the world today is because of boredom: love, war, inventions, fake fireplaces - ninety-five percent of all that is pure boredom.
Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.
Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die.
Self-disruption is akin to undergoing major surgery, but you are the one holding the scalpel.
Mental events such as perceivings, rememberings, decisions, and actions resist capture in the net of physical theory.
My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.
I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.
Fractals, the theory of relativity, the genome: these are magnificently beautiful constructs.
In Einstein's theory of relativity the observer is a man who sets out in quest of truth armed with a measuring-rod. In quantum theory he sets out with a sieve.
I am pragmatic. That which works, works, and theory can go screw itself. However, my pragmatism also extends to maintainability, which is why I also want it done well.
No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics.
You know it's very hard to maintain a theory in the face of life that comes crashing about you.
So when you ask me how string theory might be tested, I can tell you what's likely to happen at accelerators or some parts of the theory that are likely to be tested.
Theories are not rejected by cirsumstantial evidence: it takes a theory to beat a theory.
It is my theory you can't get rid of fat. All you can do is move it around, like furniture.
"Transparent" is a drama slash comedy series that could, in theory, make the Emmy nominations next year in either of those categories - it's that good.
Man is a disgusting thing. If you beat him he starts to scream, but if it is the other one who is beaten, then he constructs a theory.
The difference between theory and practice is larger in practice than the difference between theory and practice in theory.
The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.
The same past data can confirm a theory and its exact opposite! If you survive until tomorrow, it could mean that either a) you are more likely to be immortal or b) that you are closer to death.
Taking experimental results and observations for granted and putting the burden of proof on the theory means taking the observational ideology for granted without having ever examined it.
Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it.
