Home » Keywords
» theories
Quotes having the keyword Theories
And now, without having wearied my friends, I hope, with detailed scientific accounts, theories, or deductions, I will only say that I have endeavoured to tell just the story of the adventure itself.
by Joshua Slocum (Explorer, Canadian , born in 1844) keywords: accounts, adventure, deductions, detailed, endeavoured, friends, having, hope, itself, just, now, only, say, scientific, story, tell, theories, wearied, will , without In the little hall leading to it was a rack holding various Socialist or radical newspapers, tracts, and pamphlets in very small print and on very bad paper. The subjects treated were technical Marxist theories.
by Agnes Smedley (Journalist, American , born in 1892) keywords: bad, hall, holding, leading, little, marxist, newspapers, pamphlets, paper, print, rack, radical, small, socialist, subjects, technical, theories, tracts, treated, various, very , were Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.
by Tony Snow (Journalist, American , born in 1955) keywords: clearly, day, each, error, grasp, help, involves, more, refine, science, scientists, sure, theories, trial, universe, us, wonders , world Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.
by Thomas Sowell (Economist, American , born in 1930) keywords: against, competing, curiosities, divorced, facts, isolated, mere, speak, themselves, theories , visions Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of wealth; and second, to direct and control its distribution. All such theories are delusive.
by Leland Stanford (Educator, American , born in 1824) keywords: control, creation, declared, delusive, direct, distribution, duty, economy, encourage, first, many, nation, political, science, second, such, theories, upon, wealth , writers In other words, unlike some people with new theories, we will go out, we'll go into a school and we get products and the products are evaluated, whether it's by teachers or others. The scores are quantified and then we compare performances.
by Robert Sternberg (Educator, American , born in 1949) keywords: compare, evaluated, get, go, into, new, other, others, out, performances, products, quantified, school, scores, some, teachers, then, theories, unlike, whether, will , words In my opinion, assassination theories will continue to revolve around these assassinations as they have around several other significant assassinations in American history. The assassination of President Lincoln comes to mind.
by Louis Stokes (Politician, American , born in 1925) keywords: american, around, assassination, assassinations, comes, continue, history, lincoln, mind, opinion, other, president, revolve, several, significant, theories, these , will There's no such thing as 'facts of life'. Only standing theories that haven't been disproved as of yet.
by Simon Travaglia (Author) keywords: been, disproved, facts, haven, life, only, standing, such, theories, thing , yet In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them.
by Maurice de Vlaminck (Artist, French , born in 1876) keywords: art, believe, doctor, must, prescription, sick, them, theories , useful I am more fond of achieving than striving. My theories must prove to be facts or be discarded as worthless. My efforts must soon be crowned with success, or discontinued.
by Carolyn Wells (Author, American , born in 1862) keywords: achieving, am, crowned, discarded, discontinued, efforts, facts, fond, more, must, prove, soon, striving, success, than, theories , worthless The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case.
by William Whewell (Philosopher, English , born in 1794) keywords: already, becomes, case, class, coherent, contained, contrary, elements, explaining, extended, facts, false, further, more, new, our, require, system, theories , which Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.
by John Wilmot (Writer, English , born in 1647) keywords: before, bringing, children, got, had, married, now, six, theories , up Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world.
by Jeanette Winterson (Novelist, British , born in 1959) keywords: academics, body, book, consumes, each, her, his, love, make, sum, theories, work, world , writer I wouldn't have thought that a wrong theory should lead us to understand better the ordinary quantum field theories or to have new insights about the quantum states of black holes.
by Edward Witten (Mathematician, American , born in 1951) keywords: better, black, field, holes, insights, lead, new, ordinary, quantum, should, states, theories, theory, thought, understand, us , wrong I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.
by Wilbur Wright (Inventor, American , born in 1867) keywords: add, already, am, attain, avail, construction, crank, enthusiast, final, flying, future, help, known, machine, myself, pet, possible, proper, sense, some, success, then, theories, will, wish , worker
