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“My theory is to enjoy life, but my practice is against it.”

“The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend.”

Men Humans I Can Two Form Race Theory Species Debt Borrowing Human Species

Author:Charles Lamb

“Today's preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes a wrong turn from the purpose of science - to question all things relentlessly. Modern physics has become like Swift's kingdom of Laputa, flying absurdly on an island above the earth and indifferent to what is beneath.”

Today Earth Purpose Turns Modern Theory All Things Physics Flying Kingdoms Islands Indifferent Preoccupation Wrong Turn Modern Physics

Author:Robert Lanza

“Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.”

Theory Experience Tangible

Author:Hosea Ballou

“Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.”

Democracy Movement Theory Revolutionary Russian Revolution

Book:Essential Works of Lenin:

Source: Essential Works of Lenin:

“A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories.”

Persons Theory Proof Mathematician Analogies Theorems

Author:Stefan Banach

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”

“Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England - there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn't abusive, it was a good life for people.”

People Long Courses Felt Class Theory England Management Structure Good Life Better Life Abusive Lower Class Downtrodden

Author:Damian Lewis

“If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so.”

Ifs Years Has Beens Theory Evolution Mainstream Quantum Plates Mechanic Quantum Mechanics Gaia

Author:James Lovelock

“The Freudian theory is one of the most important foundation stones for an edifice to be built by future generations, the dwelling of a freer and wiser humanity.”

Important Humanity House Generations Theory Built Stones Foundation Wiser Future Generation Dwelling Edifice

Author:Thomas Mann

“The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.”

May Philosophy Political Politics Theory Economics Philosophical Property Sentences Communism Private Property Abolish One Sentence

Author:Karl Marx

“'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different characters; to trust characters and hate other characters, but it doesn't tell you who is good or bad or right or wrong. That's the most exciting storytelling in my book.”

People Book Different Character Hate Black Theory Exciting Debate Storytelling Allegiance Orphan Different Characters

Author:Tatiana Maslany

“Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.”

“I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.”

Giving Knowing Theory Giving Up Beats Resentment Burnout Burn Out Resentful

Author:Marissa Mayer

“A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat.”

World Mines Ready Theory Flats Preparing Scenery Mindless

Author:Rachel McAdams

“Passing my motorcycle theory test gave me a disproportionate feeling of greatness.”

Feelings Greatness Theory Tests Passing Passings Motorcycle

Author:James McAvoy

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”

People Knows Want Hard Politics Freedom Common Democracy Theory Politician Deserve Democracies Have Voting And Democracy

Author:H. L. Mencken

“We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.”

“The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.”

Men Children Long Seems Literature Taken Theory Failure Succeed Devil

Author:H. L. Mencken

“Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.”

Humans Religion Theory Morality Sad Motherhood Morality And Religion

Book:Mencken Chrestomathy

Source: Mencken Chrestomathy

“A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.”

Dog Theory Professors Fleas

Book:PREJUDICES A SELECTION

Source: PREJUDICES A SELECTION

“I feel like once the song is done, you put it out there and if people want to do bizarre remixes, if people want to make strange videos, great. You know, like chaos theory applied to the music business.”

People Ifs Knows Want Feels Done Song Strange Theory Chaos Video Bizarre Music Business Remix Chaos Theory

Author:Moby

“When I was nine years old, I started playing guitar, and I took classical guitar lessons and studied music theory. And played jazz for a while. And then when I was around fourteen years old, I discovered punk rock. And so I then tried to unlearn everything I had learned in classical music and jazz so I could play in punk rock bands.”

Years Play Rocks Theory Lessons Band Jazz Guitar Nine Punk Classical Music Fourteen Punk Rock Nine Years Rock Bands Unlearn Playing Guitar Music Theory Classical Guitar

Author:Moby

“I'm very moved by chaos theory, and that sense of energy. That quantum physics. We don't really, in Hindu tradition, have a father figure of a God. It's about cosmic energy, a little spark of which is inside every individual as the soul.”

Littles Soul Father Individual Energy Figures Theory Tradition Moved Chaos Physics Sparks Cosmic Quantum Quantum Physics Father Figure Chaos Theory Cosmic Energy

Author:Bharati Mukherjee

“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.”

Beautiful Practice Democracy Theory Fallacy Democracies Have Voting And Democracy Corporatism Theory And Practice

Author:Benito Mussolini

“My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.”

Funny Theory Humorous Witty Dare Scottish Cuisine

Author:Mike Myers

“Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster should be reduced to 55 from 60.”

Should Reality Numbers Issues Theory Needed Commitment Vote Overcoming Debate Senators Filibuster

Author:Evan Bayh

“Ultimately, my Ph.D. is in mathematical physics, focusing on quantum field theory and curved space-time, and I worked with Stephen Hawking.”

Space Fields Theory Physics Mathematical Quantum Space Time

Author:Nathan Myhrvold

“I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.”

Important Enjoy Theory Important Things

Author:Rafael Nadal

“I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.”

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Author:Jack Nicklaus

“Evolution is a theory, and it's a theory that you can test. We've tested evolution in many ways. You can't present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact.”

Way Facts Theory Evolution Evidence Tests Tested

Author:Bill Nye

“My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them.”

Self Talent Theory Conscious Self Conscious

Author:Meghan O'Rourke

“All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.”

Belief Realizing Atheism Theory Sociology Modernity Belief Systems

Author:Ulrich Beck

“I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really come out of the real experience of my life, and somehow this has come over as true and valid and persuasive.”

Real Done Business Theory Advertising Ads Personal Experiences Persuasive

Author:David Ogilvy

“It is probably safe to say that all the changes of factual knowledge which have led to the relativity theory, resulting in a very great theoretical development, are completely trivial from any point of view except their relevance to the structure of a theoretical system.”

Views Theory Development Safe Structure Point Of View Corny Theoretical Relevance Relativity Factual

Book:THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL ACTION

Source: THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIAL ACTION

“The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense.”

Ifs Theory Everyday Statements Consideration Justify Everyday Life Implications Systematic

Book:The Structure of Social Action: A Study in Social Theory with Special Reference to a Group of Recent European Writers

Source: The Structure of Social Action: A Study in Social Theory with Special Reference to a Group of Recent European Writers

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

Business Practice Theory Entrepreneur Splendid Valueless

Author:James Cash Penney

“I don't think Obama understands basic economics. Not economics that work. He may understand some theory that someone in Princeton sat and dreamed up, but it's not working.”

Thinking May Theory Economics Sat Princeton

Author:Rick Perry

“Washington's insatiable desire to spend our children's inheritance on failed stimulus plans and other misguided economic theories have given record debt and left us with far too many unemployed.”

Children Desire Left Given Records Plans Economic Theory Our Children Debt Inheritance Stimulus Unemployed Insatiable Misguided Economic Theory

Author:Rick Perry

“Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about it. I haven't got a theory and I haven't got a framework.”

Writing Mind Book Ideas Havens Theory Stuck Framework Book Writing

Author:Tom Peters

“Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conceptual fabric, such as a narrative, mental map, or intuitive theory. Disconnected facts in the mind are like unlinked pages on the Web: They might as well not exist.”

Mind Wells Facts Might Psychology Theory Pages Narrative Maps Fabric Intuitive Woven Cognitive Disconnected

Author:Steven Pinker

“By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You've just got to keep moving. You can't stop.”

Men Moving Theory Keep Moving Sharks

Author:Brad Pitt

“A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”

Has Beens Art Left Objects Theory Works Of Art Tag Price Tag

Author:Alexander Pope

“Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.”

Problem Theory Understood Solve Libertarian

Author:Karl Popper

“In theory one is aware that the earth revolves, but in practice one does not perceive it, the ground upon which one treads seems not to move, and one can live undisturbed. So it is with Time in one's life.”

Life Doe Seems Earth Moving Science Time Literature Practice Theory Perceive

Book:In Search of Lost Time: Or

Source: In Search of Lost Time: Or

“Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to straight woman, addict mother to newborn baby, they all fall down and someday it will come to you.”

Men Real Mother Fall Theory Baby Gay Down And Someday Addict Falling Down Gay Men Bisexual Newborn Newborn Baby

Author:Anna Quindlen

“Scientific theory is a contrived foothold in the chaos of living phenomena.”

Space Theory Chaos Scientific Theory

Book:The Discovery of the Orgone

Source: The Discovery of the Orgone

“A script is like a theory of a movie.”

Theory Scripts

Author:John C. Reilly

“My work was fairly theoretical. It was in recursive function theory. And in particular, hierarchies of functions in terms of computational complexity. I got involved in real computers and programming mainly by being - well, I was interested even as I came to graduate school.”

Wells Real School Term Particular Theory Involved Computer Function Complexity Programming Graduates Hierarchy Theoretical Graduate School

Author:Dennis Ritchie

“I think one of the reasons that we like conspiracy theories is I think that we like to feel like there is a group of people who are so smart and powerful that they can pull the wool over an entire country or in fact even an entire world's eyes. That certainly makes us feel like somehow we're protected, even if it's not in our best interest.”

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Author:Jason Ritter

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