Theory Quotes
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No part of the aim of normal science is to call forth new sorts of phenomena; indeed those that will not fit the box are often not seen at all. Nor do scientists normally aim to invent new theories, and they are often intolerant of those invented by others.
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I grow daily to honor facts more and more, and theory less and less.
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Just because you have a nut theory it doesn't mean that you agree with other nut theories. In fact, it often makes you very hostile to them. After all, there's a limited pool there that we're all after.
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There was a time when the newspapers said that only twelve men understood the theory of relativity. I do not believe there ever was such a time ... On the other hand, I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics.
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My theory is that comedy comes from little people.
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I think what bothers me so much of the time, is they take the data and theory and distort it. They must know they're distorting.
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I do not know whether to be delighted or outraged by the fact that Literary Theory: An Introduction was the subject of a study by a well known U.S. business school, which was intrigued to discover how an academic text could become a best-seller.
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Architecture is an applied art, founded not on theories but on practice.
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I have a theory that the people who cook in jails are British chefs.
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I wanted to make noise, not study theory.
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Beware of color theories. Theories in color photography are dangerous. The plain fact that there are so many of them proves my point.
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No theory of the universe can be satisfactory which does not adequately account for the phenomena of life, especially in that richest form which finds expression in human personality.
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Scientific theory and its application to the growing needs of mankind advance hand in hand.
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Progress in science comes when experiments contradict theory.
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Bleep theory belongs in philosophy, not a science class. But I think it does have enough merit to be a topic of conversation somewhere other than the backwoods and closets.
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My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory.
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It is very difficult to teach navigation theory to someone who clings to the shore.
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I can not evolve any concrete theory about painting.
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Any attempt to define literary theory in terms of a distinctive method is doomed to failure.
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My theory is children don't do what you tell them to do, they do what you do. You have to always do the right thing because they follow you.
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I think my favorite theory so far is that I am actually a robot. That's pretty great. In real life.
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Materialism is incomplete even as a theory of the physical world, since the physical world includes conscious organisms among its most striking occupants.
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All data are filtered, observation is necessarily 'theory-laden'.
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The man might have died in a fit; but then the jewels are missing," mused the Inspector, "Ha! I have a theory. These flashes come upon me at times... What do you think of this, Holmes? Sholto was, on his own confession, with his brother last night. The brother died in a fit, on which Sholto walked off the treasure! How's that?" "On which the dead man very considerately got up and locked the door on the inside," said Holmes.
