How empty is theory in the presence of fact

How empty is theory in the presence of 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.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of 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.

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

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.

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.

[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.

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.