Theory quotes

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◆ I have this theory that if one can go out of their way to show compassion, it will start a chain reaction of the same.

- Rachel Scott100

◆ Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory

- William Wordsworth99

◆ Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction

- Pierre Pachet99

◆ If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.

- Jefferson Davis99

◆ It is often stated that of all the theories proposed in this century, the silliest is quantum theory. In fact, some say that the only thing that quantum theory has going for it is that it is unquestionably correct.

- Michio Kaku99

◆ If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

- Albert Einstein99

◆ The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

- Henry Louis Mencken99

◆ Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve

- Karl Popper99

◆ He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

- Leonardo Da Vinci99

◆ An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

- Friedrich Engels99

◆ Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

- Albert Einstein99

◆ Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.

- Buddha99

◆ There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.

- Douglas Adams99

◆ Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts

- George Santayana99

◆ Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.

- Isaac Asimov99