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Letter "T" » Theory
«Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it.»
«Generally, the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories»
Author: Felix Cohen
| About:
Theory
| Keywords:
disbelieve, disbelieved, disbelieves, disbelieving, theories
«An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.»
«If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory.»
«It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena»
«If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
Theory
| Keywords:
All Change, change, facts, fit, fitter, See Change, theory
«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.»
«If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise the whole animal world into dignity, leaving man as far in advance as he is at present»
Author: George Eliot
(Novelist)
| About:
Dignity,
Mankind,
Theory,
Truth
| Keywords:
Animal World, at present, Darwin, degrade, far left, in advance
«How empty is theory in the presence of fact»
«First, you know, a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves discovered it»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
| About:
Theory
| Keywords:
absurd, admitted, adversaries, attacked, claim, insignificant, obvious
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