An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

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.

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.

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in read more

I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in connection with the electric light ... Yet in only two cases did my experiments prove the truth of my theory.

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

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

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

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

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.

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, read more

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.