Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle Quotes
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.Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Yogi Berra -
We have confirmed something we only knew in theory, namely that revolution, in which uncontrolled and uncontrollable forces operate imperiously, is blind and destructive, grandiose and cruel.
Federica Montseny -
Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
Semiotics is a general theory of all existing languages... all forms of communication - visual, tactile, and so on... There is general semiotics, which is a philosophical approach to this field, and then there are many specific semiotics.
Umberto Eco -
Many, many, many small moves of many kinds can bring a way to manage change. The theory can come later.
Flora Lewis -
The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.
Walt Whitman
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The evolutionary theory of senescence can be stated as follows: while bodies are not designed to fail, neither are they designed for extended operation.
S. Jay Olshansky -
The turning point really is just knowing you're an imbecile.
Warren Cuccurullo Duran Duran -
Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.
Harper Lee -
I was pretty lucky to get into Berklee at all. I never really had any theory or music-reading capabilities; I was completely by ear.
Madi Diaz -
Then I would have felt sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct.
Albert Einstein -
Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
Mark Twain
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Through all of youth I was looking for you without knowing what I was looking for
W. S. Merwin -
Knowing reality is knowing that you can't lose it.
May Sinclair -
There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.
Oscar Wilde -
Doing this well requires a deep knowledge of the data mixed with a goodly dose of economic theory and economic judgment, ... Greenspan is, of course, a master.
Ben Bernanke -
The sure way of knowing nothing about life is to try to make oneself useful.
Oscar Wilde -
Courage is knowing that you're beaten and forging ahead anyway.
Zacharia Wahls
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The pain of not knowing what to do was exceeded only by that of knowing what I had done.
Erich Segal -
Love is no love which asks for a return.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I know there's a lot of gloom and doom around at the moment, the silver lining for us is that we are going to be able to develop some players.
Eddie Charles Jones -
Conflict between science and religion a dangerous foe.
Henry Norris Russell -
f a North Korean university professor is suspected of insufficient enthusiasm for the system, they will be gone without a trace very quickly. Even the memory of the unlucky victim would likely disappear, since such topics are best not discussed in North Korea.
Andrei Lankov -
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.
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle