Quotes of: Theory Keyword

Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

When I was in film school, I was learning more theory than practice.

Louis Leterrier

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative.

Frederick Pollock

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

Imre Lakatos

I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.

Billy Joel

Our concern, however, is with slavery as it is, and not with any theory of it.

Gerrit Smith

Theory is splendid but until put into practice, it is valueless.

James Cash Penney

My theory is 98 percent of all human endeavor is killing time.

Jerry Seinfeld

Bruno: My theory is that everyone is a potential murderer.

Strangers on a Train

My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.

Robert Mapplethorpe

There is no single theory that is used in economics that considers the finite nature of resources. It's shocking.

Jeremy Grantham

There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory.

Kenneth R. Miller

The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind.

Manly Hall

I don't know anything about music theory at all. Zero. But I don't really need to.

Amos Lee

It is an acknowledged truth in philosophy that a just theory will always be confirmed by experiment.

Thomas Malthus

My theory on smear pieces is try and win 'em over.

Aubrey O'Day

Without a revolutionary theory there cannot be a revolutionary movement.

Vladimir Lenin

Molecular biology has shown that even the simplest of all living systems on the earth today, bacterial cells, are exceedingly complex objects. Although the tiniest bacterial cells are incredibly small, weighing less than 10-12 gms, each is in effect ...

Evolution: A Theory In Crisis

Another response to racism has been the establishment of unlearning racism workshops, which are often led by white women. These workshops are important, yet they tend to focus primarily on cathartic individual psychological personal prejudice without...

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center

If there is a single factor that spells out the difference between the cafeteria fringe headed for greatness and those doomed for low self-worth, even more than a caring teacher or a group of friends, it is supportive, accepting parents who not only ...

The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School

Sometimes Eli believed his mother was embarrassed by him. "I swear, my mom thinks if I do one thing differently than the average person, I'm weird," Eli said later. "It's like she thinks I'm a freak or something. No matter what I do, it's not 'normal...

The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School