Quotes by Theory The masses will reject any theory, however reasonable it may be, if it lays a restriction upon the appetite. Ellen G. White restriction theory may the true lady is in theory either a virgin or a lawful wife. Emily James Smith Putnam virgins wife theory One of the big take-aways from a lot of economic theory is that people should engage in consumption smoothing. Emily Oster economic theory people The 9/11 Commission Report is fatally flawed. The major conclusions of The 9/11 Commission Report, the official, conspiracy theory, are false. Enver Masud conclusion conspiracy theory When deciding between two competing theories, always go with the one that doesn't involve a magic spell. Emo Philips magic theory two When someone admits one and rejects another which is equally in accordance with the appearances, it is clear that he has quitted all physical explanation and descended into myth. Epicurus theory appearance science In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught;but in life there are many things to draw us aside. Epictetus taught draws theory A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good. Ernest Rutherford bartender damn theory ...have a theory that she is in love with the dream of someone and not an actual person. Erin Morgenstern theory persons dream A good scientific theory should be explicable to a barmaid. Ernest Rutherford barmaids theory should The history of science knows scores of instances where an investigator was in the possession of all the important facts for a new theory but simply failed to ask the right questions. Ernst Mayr important theory facts I love to read theories without ever using them when working... The paradoxical fact in the aesthetic is that theories are also true in reverse. Ernst Haas paradoxical theory facts The greatest mathematicians, as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss, always united theory and applications in equal measure. Felix Klein mathematician newton theory It is our hope, that men in proportion as they grow more enlightened, will learn to hold their theories and their creeds more loosely, and will none the less, nay, rather all the more be devoted to the supreme end of practical righteousness to which all theories and creeds must be kept subservient. Felix Adler enlightened theory men A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong Francis Crick theory should facts A hypothesis is empirical or scientific only if it can be tested by experience. A hypothesis or theory which cannot be, at least in principle, falsified by empirical observations and experiments does not belong to the realm of science. Francisco J. Ayala theory principles doe I want a theory to come out to guide policy. Fred D'Aguiar guides theory want Any theory is better than no theory. Fuller Albright theory science Progress in science is often built on wrong theories that are later corrected. It is better to be wrong than to be vague. Freeman Dyson built progress theory The ground of science was littered with the corpses of dead unified theories. Freeman Dyson unified corpses theory «4567891011121314»