Theory Quotes - Page 7

• The physics are simple in theory, but in practice they are filled with the possibility for limitless error.

  Christopher Pike

  Simple, Errors, Practice

  Christopher Pike (2013). “Thirst: Thirst No. 1; Thirst No. 2; Thirst”, p.129, Simon and Schuster

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• It might be that the biggest division in the world isn't men and women but folks who like cats and folks who like dogs" - (L.T.'s Theory of Pets)

  Stephen King

  Dog, Cat, Men

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• String theory has the potential to show that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe - from the frantic dance of subatomic quarks to the stately waltz of orbiting binary stars; from the primordial fireball of the big bang to the majestic swirl of heavenly galaxies - are reflections of one, grand physical principle, one master equation.

  Brian Greene

  Stars, Reflection, Bangs

  Brian Greene (2010). “The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory”, p.5, W. W. Norton & Company

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• String theory is the most developed theory with the capacity to unite general relativity and quantum mechanics in a consistent manner. I do believe the universe is consistent, and therefore I do believe that general relativity and quantum mechanics should be put together in a manner that makes sense.

  Brian Greene

  Believe, Together, Mechanic

  NOVA interview, www.pbs.org. October 28, 2003.

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• Supersymmetry is a theory which stipulates that for every known particle there should be a partner particle. For instance, the electron should be paired with a supersymmetric 'selectron,' quarks ought to have 'squark' partners, and so on.

  Brian Greene

  Should, Partners, Quarks

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• The central idea of string theory is quite straightforward. If you examine any piece of matter ever more finely, at first you'll find molecules, atoms, sub-atomic particles. Probe the smaller particles, you'll find something else, a tiny vibrating filament of energy, a little tiny vibrating string.

  Brian Greene

  Ideas, Energy, Molecules

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• I read a lot of literary theory when I was in graduate school, especially about novels, and the best book I ever read about endings was Peter Brooks' 'Reading for the Plot. '

  Lev Grossman

  Reading, Book, School

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• The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.

  John B. S. Haldane

  Wise, Art, Men

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• It proved once again the theory that no security system is a match for a stupid employee.

  Steig Larsson

  Stupid, Security Systems, Employee

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• The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records.

  Eddie Van Halen

  Mean, Guitar, Piano

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• I'm a games and theory kind of guy. I love puzzles, so it was fun dissecting Shakespeare's prose.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Fun, Games, Guy

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• All I say is that I think it is damned unlikely that anything like a central cosmic will, a spirit world, or an eternal survival of personality exist. They are the most preposterous and unjustified of all the guesses which can be made about the universe, and I am not enough of a hair-splitter to pretend that I don't regard them as arrant and negligible moonshine. In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of radical evidence I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an atheist.

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Atheist, Thinking, Hair

  H. P. Lovecraft (1999). “The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories”, p.11, Penguin

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• If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.

  Stephen Hawking

  People, Able, Principles

  Stephen W. Hawking (1990). “A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes”, Bantam

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• The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Simple, May, Gains

  "New Studies in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas". Book by Friedrich Hayek. Part I: "Philosophy ". Chapter 2: "The Pretence of Knowledge", p. 29, 1978.

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• Why should we, however, in economics, have to plead ignorance of the sort of facts on which, in the case of a physical theory, a scientist would certainly be expected to give precise information?

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  Ignorance, Giving, Facts

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• I am, by nature, a guitar player... I learned all of these other instruments around that, and around the theory that I built learning the guitar.

  Hunter Hayes

  Player, Guitar, Instruments

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• I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.

  Amber Heard

  Thinking, Pills, Amber

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• I have very strong theories about magazine publishing. And I think that it is the most personal form of journalism. And I think that a magazine is an old friend.

  Hugh Hefner

  Strong, Thinking, Media

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• I wanted to make noise, not study theory.

  James Hetfield

  Noise, Study, Wanted

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• Perhaps that is our doom, our human curse, to never really know one another. We erect edifices in our minds about the flimsy framework of word and deed, mere totems of the true person, who, like the gods to whom the temples were built, remains hidden. We understand our own construct; we know our own theory; we love our own fabrication. Still . . . does the artifice of our affection make our love any less real?

  Rick Yancey

  Real, Mind, Temples

  Rick Yancey (2010). “The Monstrumologist: The Terror Beneath”, p.300, Simon and Schuster

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• Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the problem is not just inside the kid; it's also in the system, the society.

  James Hillman

  Kids, Problem, Trouble

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• Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.

  Aldous Huxley

  Art, Men, Europe

  Aldous Huxley (1956). “The collected works of Aldous Huxley”

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• The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world. A theory is a species of thinking, and its right to exist is coextensive with its power of resisting extinction by its rivals.

  Thomas Huxley

  Struggle, Science, Thinking

  Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). “Collected Essays”, p.229, Cambridge University Press

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• My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Dream, Doom And Gloom, Hopeful

  Thomas Jefferson (2004). “Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness”, p.85, Modern Library

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• I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil.

  Penn Jillette

  Thinking, Games, Two

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

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