J. Robert Oppenheimer Quotes
The theory of our modern technic shows that nothing is as practical as theory.
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In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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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.
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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
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Essential to the theory of evolution is the premise that everything has come into being by itself.
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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.
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Many, many, many small moves of many kinds can bring a way to manage change. The theory can come later.
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You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.
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The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual.
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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.
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I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory!
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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.
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All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.
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I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.
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The most beautiful fate of a physical theory is to point the way to the establishment of a more inclusive theory, in which it lives on as a limiting case.
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Fundamental ideas play the most essential role in forming a physical theory. Books on physics are full of complicated mathematical formulae. But thought and ideas, not formulae, are the beginning of every physical theory. The ideas must later take the mathematical form of a quantitative theory, to make possible the comparison with experiment.
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Then I would have felt sorry for the dear Lord. The theory is correct.
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in terms of personnel, or changing the technique, there are a couple of things you can do there. We shouldn't have any blocked, and we've already had two. So it concerns us.
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I have a theory of relatives, too. Don't hire 'em.
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A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory innocent until proven guilty ... Continental drift was guilty until proven innocent.
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Every theory in medicine, if medicine is to remain healthy, must be beaten out on the anvil of skepticism. So do we weed out charlatanism.
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Another thing I must point out is that you cannot prove a vague theory wrong.
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At DuPont, I was very fortunate that I worked under men who were very much interested in making discoveries and inventions. They were very much interested in what they were doing, and they left me alone. And I was able to experiment on my own, and I found this very stimulating. It appealed to the creative person in me.
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The theory of our modern technic shows that nothing is as practical as theory.
