Theory Quotes

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

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Success, Clever

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• In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

  Yogi Berra

  Leadership, Funny Inspirational, Reality

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.483, Princeton University Press

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• There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what 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 theory which states that this has already happened.

  Douglas Adams

  Funny, Education, Humor

  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "Fit the Seventh" (radio program) (1978)

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• 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 Popper

  Libertarian, Problem, Solve

  "Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach". Book by Karl Popper, 1972.

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• The truth of a theory can never be proven, for one never knows if future experience will contradict its conclusions.

  Albert Einstein

  Truth, Future, Science

  Albert Einstein (2002). “The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein: The Berlin years, writings, 1918-1921”

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• Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.

  Immanuel Kant

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Play

  "General Systems" Vol. 7-8, by he Society for the Advancement of General Systems Theory, (p. 11), 1962.

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• I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Funny, Truth, Work

  Hunter S. Thompson, Beef Torrey, Kevin Simonson (2008). “Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson”, p.13, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Do not put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.

  Arthur Eddington

  Too Much, Results, Has Beens

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• If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts.

  Baruch Spinoza

  Facts, Conflict, Changed

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• It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Mistake, Math, Science

  "A Scandal in Bohemia" (1891)

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• Your theory is crazy, but it's not crazy enough to be true.

  Niels Bohr

  Crazy, Science, Technology

  "First Philosophy: The Theory of Everything". Book by Spencer Scoular, 2007.

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• Imagination is more important than knowledge.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press

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• Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

  Important, Purpose, Ends

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• No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.

  Andre Gide

  Goes On, Literature, Use

  "Andre Gide Journals 1889-1949". Book by André Gide, Detached Pages, 1913.

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• It is the theory that decides what can be observed.

  Albert Einstein

  Decision, Language

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• Never fall in love with an idea. They're whores: if the one you're with isn't doing the job, there's always, always, always another.

  Chip Kidd

  Falling In Love, Jobs, Technology

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

  Isaac Asimov

  Dream, Religious, Atheist

  "Like Rolling Uphill: Realizing the Honesty of Atheism". Book by Dianna Narciso, 2004.

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  I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

  Larry Bird

  Motivational, Basketball, Sports

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• Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

  Voltaire

  Funny, Life, Work

  Francois Voltaire (1977). “The Portable Voltaire”, p.227, Penguin

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• Facts quite often, I fear to confess, like lawyers, put me to sleep at noon. Not theories, however. Theories are invigorating and tonic. Give me an ounce of fact and I will produce you a ton of theory by tea this afternoon. That is, after all, my job.

  Ray Bradbury

  Jobs, Sleep, Giving

  Ray Bradbury (1973). “Mars and the mind of man”

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  Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Witty

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• In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.

  Bela Lugosi

  Window, Ifs

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• A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

  E. W. Howe

  Men, Facts, Young

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• A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

  H. L. Mencken

  Dog, Fleas, Professors

  H.L. MENCKEN (1958). “PREJUDICES A SELECTION”

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