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You can never tell what will happen to a theory before you can get around to using it.
The theory of undirected evolution is already dead, but the work of science continues.
I am not limiting myself to theories, so I never question the rightness to my approach.
I just know that there are two theories when arguing with women. And neither one works.
Everyone who becomes a psychotherapist eventually adopts a theory that suits his needs.
Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all.
My theory about actors is we're all walking milk cartons. Expirations dates everywhere.
What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory.
Verse by verse, the Bible becomes more than theory. It becomes my firsthand experience.
Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management.
Change the instruments and you will change the entire social theory that goes with them
Civilizations have been founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts.
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
One does not ask whether a scientific theory is true, but only whether it is convenient.
I'd say many features of string theory don't mesh with what we observe in everyday life.
Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much.
There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory.
...have a theory that she is in love with the dream of someone and not an actual person.
My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.
Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.
I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.
I have a theory that as nice and sweet as you can be equates to how dangerous you can be.
In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.
Ahimsa is no mere theory with me, but it is a fact of life based on extensive experience.
A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong
The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.
It proved once again the theory that no security system is a match for a stupid employee.
There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.
Theories are not rejected by cirsumstantial evidence: it takes a theory to beat a theory.
If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all.
My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.
The theory of marketing is solid but the practice of marketing leaves much to be desired.
Writing laws based on an abstract theory, rather than reality, is a dangerous undertaking.
Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more.
I had set out to disprove quantum field theory - and the opposite occurred! I was shocked.
Historically speaking all - or very nearly all - scientific theories originate from myths.
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.
Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.
The girl I find who wants to talk about quantum theory in a bar is the one I want to marry.
Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory.
Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
Contrary to the outstanding work of art, outstanding theory is susceptible to improvements.
A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.
In the absence of evidence, superstition. It's a Middle Ages thing. That's my theory anyway.
Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.
Normal science does not aim at novelties of fact or theory and, when successful, finds none.
My theory: if the malls don't open until ten what's the point of being up earlier than that?
I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself.
The power of a theory is exactly proportional to the diversity of situations it can explain.