Quotes of: Economic-theory Keyword

Theory in any branch of science entails a risk of detachment from reality

Quammen, David

Theories look great on paper until reality scribbles all over the page.

Richelle E. Goodrich

People feel alcohol heals heart (diseases) but in theory, it peels the heart.

Dr Sivakumar Gowder

The state of the world, of course, is constantly changing, and so is theory.

Teresa de Lauretis

I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies.

Michael Azerrad

What I always try to do is to respond to the song; I've always rebelled against theory.

Mark Knopfler

There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.

Anthony Lewis

If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.

Arthur Eddington

I have a theory that the secret of marital happiness is simple: drink in different pubs to your other half.

Jilly Cooper

Our great cultural error is to assume that 'truth' arrives only through reductive theories.

Siri Hustvedt

Other psychological theories say a good deal about compensation.

Allen Tate

I have a theory that the only way you can be any good is if the camera likes you. If the camera doesn't like you, you are gone.

Howard Hawks

My theory is because I'm Asian and white I sort of look like the future. I'm the melting pot.

Moon Bloodgood

For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story.

Cristina Saralegui

When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject to classic theories of deterrence.

John Bolton

I love academics, theory and all that. I love and admire that and try to do as much reading as I can.

Anton Yelchin

All theories are legitimate, no matter. What matters is what you do with them.

Jorge Luis Borges

A people represents not so much an aggregate of ideas and theories as of obsessions.

Emile M. Cioran

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

E. W. Howe

In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.

Bela Lugosi

I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don't do color theory!

Colleen Atwood