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.

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

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

How empty is theory in the presence of fact

How empty is theory in the presence of fact

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

[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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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