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.

In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.

In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.

You have to know you can first. How comes later.

You have to know you can first. How comes later.

How empty is theory in the presence of fact

How empty is theory in the presence of 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.

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never read more

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.

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

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.

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

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