“I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style.” PeopleKnowsCertainEasyBreakStyleTheoryMusicianSongwritingAmusedWriting StyleMusic Theory Author:Black Francis
“If we are uncritical we shall always find what we want: we shall look for, and find, confirmations, and we shall look away from, and not see, whatever might be dangerous to our pet theories. In this way it is only too easy to obtain what appears to be overwhelming evidence in favor of a theory which, if approached critically, would have been refuted.” IfsWayWantLooksHas BeensMightEasyDangerousTheoryEvidenceFavorsPetOverwhelmingConfirmationRefutation Book:The Poverty of Historicism Source: The Poverty of Historicism
“My theory is that you find out who your true friends are when something good happens to you, not when something bad happens to you. Everybody loves you when something bad happens to you. Then you're easy to love.” HappensEasyLove YouTheoryFriendsTrue Friend Author:Lisa Scottoline
“History has got a lot to do with unique circumstances under certain particular cases and grand theories will always find counter cases. I don't think that people whose expertise lies in one thing should try to make grand theories about something (a) where it's very hard to get the evidence to prove that you're right and (b) where it's much too easy to make up stories that seem right.” PeopleThinkingShouldTryingHardStoriesSeemsLyingCertainEasyCasesOne ThingParticularTheoryCircumstancesProveUniqueEvidenceExpertise Author:Richard Lewontin
“Human life is a series of compromises, and it is not always easy to achieve in practice what one has found to be true in theory.” LifeHumansLife IsFoundEasyPracticeAchieveTheorySeriesBeing TrueCompromiseHuman Life Book:The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts Source: The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts
“I used to think I knew everything, but older you get the more you see other areas. If you could read everything about both sides, you'll pretty much be in the middle again, which is the state you had when you were totally ignorant. So my theory is if you maintain total ignorance - which isn't easy, but I try - you'll be just as far ahead as if you'd spent days and days reading about the whole issue. And you have that much extra time to play Pac-man.” IfsThinkingMenTryingStatesPlayWholeUsedReadingEasySidesIssuesMiddleIgnoranceTheoryAreasIgnorantExtrasBoth SidesPacsExtra Time Author:Emo Philips