Quotes of: Theories Keyword

…numerical precision is the very soul of science, and its attainment affords the best, perhaps the only criterion of the truth of theories and the correctness of experiments.

On Growth and Form

Theory-the seeing of patterns, showing the forest as well as the trees

Blood, Bread, and Poetry: Selected Prose, 1979-1985

As an experienced editor, I disapprove of flashbacks, foreshadowings, and tricksy devices; they belong in the 1980s with M.A.s in postmodernism and chaos theory.

Cloud Atlas

I coined this term 'freedom thru limitation' back in the '90s because I was sick of art being treated like pop, because of this boring 'anything can be art' theory.

Billy Childish

Good art theory must smell of the studio, although its language should differ from the household talk of painters and sculptors.

Rudolf Arnheim

The Christian theory is little else than the idolatry of the ancient mythologists, accommodated to the purposes of power and revenue; and .

The Age of Reason

I’ll give you a theory: Man’s closest relative is not the chimpanzee, as the TV people believe, but is, in fact, the dog.

The Art of Racing in the Rain

At the foundation of moral thinking lie beliefs in statements the truth of which no further reason can be given.

After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory

Nobody knew exactly how the zombification process worked, and there were as many different strains as theories.

Hans & Greta: a Twisted Fairy Tale Novella

If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the identification of fully just social arrangements is neither necessary nor sufficient.

The Idea Of Justice

In theory, especially in the case of Stone, those who have human hearts would remain cognizant of their behavior and in control of themselves. Those who are Katagaria . . .

Instinct

[we see that] science is eminently perfectible, and that each theory has constantly to give way to a fresh one.

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

If I were to vote, I would intentionally vote for the goofiest candidate. It is my theory that when the people can outwit the leader, the more respected their voices will be.

Killosophy

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.

Relativity: The Special and the General Theory

I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact.

The Story of the Malakand Field Force

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles.

Molecular Biology of the Gene

So here's my theory, and this is such crap science, I don't have to tell you. It's science without microscopes, blood tests, or reality.

Linger

In theory it was, around now, Literature. Susan hated Literature. She'd much prefer to read a good book.

Soul Music

An ounce of practice is generally worth more than a ton of theory.

Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics as if People Mattered

Revolutions usually begin as replacements for older certainties, and not as pristine discoveries in uncharted terrain.

The Structure of Evolutionary Theory

If the Confederacy falls, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a theory.

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1