Theory Quotes - Page 15

By having simplified what is known, physicists have been led into realms which as yet are anything but simple. That at some time, they, too, will appear as simple consequences of a theory of which no one has yet dreamed is not a statement of fact.It is a statement of faith.

Some batters, and good ones too, scoff at the whole theory of place hitting, calling it a myth. They are wrong, however.

In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time.

Wonderful theory, wrong species.

It's like learning to fall properly. If you can manage not to tighten up you won't hurt yourself as much. The same theory applies to your day, physically and emotionally. The tensions simply can't take hold.

A lot of my theories were not applicable as a closer

A scholar can never let mere wrongness get in the way of the theory.

Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.

If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find no such case.

A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision.

My theory in anything you do is to keep exploring, keep digging deeper to find new stuff.

The theory of evolution was not formally published until shortly before Faraday's death. Evolution was yet to be discovered during Faraday's life. Also, I don't think that Michael Faraday would claim that the Earth is extraordinarily young.

One theory which can no longer be taken very seriously is that UFOs are interstellar spaceships.

My theory is that one needs to be loved completely, unconditionally, and unfettered by parental disapproval, if one is to get happily through life which, after all, presents its own hurdles.

Maybe we should teach schoolchildren probability theory and investment risk management.

Art is like politics. Any theory carried too far ends in sterility, and freshness is only gained by following some other line.

Any attempt to dismiss a phenomenon that is not understood merely by explaining it as hallucination becomes irrelevant when a coherent scientific theory can be applied.

I know all the theory of everything but when I paint I don't think of anything except the subject and me.

Whether or not you can observe a thing depends upon the theory you use. It is the theory which decides what can be observed.

Since Einstein developed his theory of relativity, and Rutherford and Bohr revolutionised physics, our picture of the world has radically changed.

We live beyond words, as also we live beyond computation and beyond theory.

One of the most striking and fundamental things about probability theory is that it leads to an understanding of the otherwise strange fact that events which are individually capricious and unpredictable can, when treated en masse, lead to very stable average performances.

Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation.

There is no knowledge without theory.

Life is not theory. It is reality, with inherent duties to everything and everyone.