Theory Quotes - Page 13

Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?

Lasker thought that his rationalism rendered him immune from the surprises of chess theory.

Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.

It's too sad to live eating theories. The best thing is to transmute wisdom into love.

I finally became convinced that the theory of creation actually had a much better scientific basis than the theory of evolution, for the creation model was actually better able to explain the physical and biological complexity in the world.

The basic theory in twistor theory is not to add extra dimensions.

Film theory has nothing to do with film.

There is no complete theory of anything.

You were probably educated in the conventional economic theories of your period which were magnificent and most ingenious, but--if you will pardon my saying so--all wrong.

If we want to sum up the theory of evolution by natural selection in two words, which have great relevance for all societies and businesses, we should simply remember: diversity works.

The Darwinian theory is in principle capable of explaining life. No other theory that has ever been suggested is in principle capable of explaining life.

It is grindingly, creakingly, crashingly obvious that if Darwinism was really a theory of chance, it could not work.

One of the great weaknesses of standard libertarian theory is that it tends to push too hard by elevating presumptions into absolutes.

The only way to know something absolutely is to experience it for yourself; anything less is theory, speculation, and belief. .

New knowledge has led to the recognition in the theory of evolution of more than a hypothesis. It is indeed remarkable that this theory has been progressively accepted by researchers, following a series of discoveries in various fields of knowledge. The convergence, neither sought nor fabricated, of the results of work that was conducted independently is in itself a significant argument in favor of this theory.

When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so. God is not a demiurge [demigod] or a magician, but the Creator who gives being to all entities. Evolution in nature is not opposed to the notion of Creation, because evolution presupposes the creation of beings that evolve.

Theory without data is myth: data without theory is madness.

Most theists are deists most of the time, in practice if not in theory. They practice the absence of God instead of the presence of God.

The most probable assumption is that no currently working 'business theory' will be valid 10 years hence.

We've heard some theories, but there is a lot of mystery surrounding my adoption.

I'm a bit of a romantic. In theory!

You don't discard Newton. Newton becomes the limiting case of how you would apply Einstein's theories.

Theories are just fantasies. And they change.

If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all.

Philosophy is not a theory but an activity.