Theory Quotes

Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very more

Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.

There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.

There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

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

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

Life is so unlike theory.

Life is so unlike theory.

A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility - it may more

A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility - it may be right but irrelevant.

Let us work without theorizing, 'Tis the only way to make life endurable.

Let us work without theorizing, 'Tis the only way to make life endurable.

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

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

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

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