“I firmly believe that the method which sets theological theories against scientifically ascertained facts, is fatal to the current theology and injurious to the spirit of religion; and that the method which frankly recognizes the facts of life, and appreciates the spirit of the scientists whose patient and assiduous endeavor has brought those facts to light, will commend the spirit of religion to the new generation, and will benefit--not impair--theology as a science, by compelling its reconstruction.” BelieveFactsLightSpiritReligionGenerationsTheoryBenefitsAppreciateScientistMethodPatientCurrentsTheologyEndeavorCompellingTheologicalFacts Of LifeNew GenerationReconstruction Book:The Theology of an Evolutionist Source: The Theology of an Evolutionist
“The fact that previous generations have handed down to us a substantial public heritage by way of roads, port, etc. almost completely free of debt, seems to me to impose some limitation on the validity of the theory that by borrowing we should, or could, pass on the burden of development to the next generation.” WayShouldFactsSeemsNextGenerationsTheoryDevelopmentBurdenDebtLimitationEtcHeritageNext GenerationPortBorrowingValidityPrevious Generations Author:John James Cowperthwaite
“I am also, I must confess, a little sceptical of the theory that we have a right, if we could, to pass on our capital burden to future generations. I remarked last year in this context that our predecessors had not passed any significant part of their burden on to us.” IfsYearsLittlesLastsGenerationsTheoryBurdenSignificantLast YearFuture GenerationPredecessors Author:John James Cowperthwaite
“If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be left to be discovered.” IfsHumansLongHas BeensEnoughWould BeLeftGenerationsTheoryUltimateHuman LifePrevious Generations Author:Stephen Hawking
“a really good play is ambiguous - which is exactly why it endures. Every succeeding generation develops theories about it. The play's words provide very little clue. On the contrary, words are notoriously imprecise and open to every kind of interpretation, so you must search.” KindLittlesPlayGenerationsTheorySucceedTheaterEndureContraryInterpretationClueAmbiguous Author:Glenda Jackson
“Science progresses not by convincing the adherents of old theories that they are wrong, but by allowing enough time to pass so that a new generation can arise unencumbered by the old errors.” EnoughProgressGenerationsTheoryErrorsAriseAllowingConvincingEnough TimeNew Generation Author:Max Planck
“Someone is an ignoramus who would say that, 'Oh, we had three hurricanes this year. This proves that somehow the climate is warming.' The earth is 4.5 billion years old, and you're going to say that we had four hurricanes and so it proves a theory?” YearsRealityEarthScienceThreePoliticsNaturePartyHistoryFourGenerationsTheoryProveClimateBillionsIdeologyTeaFree SpeechHurricanesTea Party Author:Rand Paul
“Superstring theories provide a framework in which the force of gravity may be united with the other three forces in nature: the weak, electromagnetic and strong forces. Recent progress has shown that the most promising superstring theories follow from a single theory. For the last generation, physicists have studied five string theories and one close cousin. Recently it has become clear that these five or six theories are different limiting cases of one theory which, though still scarcely understood, is the candidate for superunification of the forces of nature.” MayStillsDifferentLastsThreeStrongForceUnitedCasesClearFiveProgressGenerationsTheorySixUnderstoodWeakCandidatesStringsGravityCousinPhysicistFrameworkForces Of NatureString Theory Author:Edward Witten
“I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.” FeelsFirstsMadeSelfGenerationsTheoryActressesEntitledSelf Made Author:Natasha Lyonne
“The seminar in economic theory conducted by Hayek at the L.S.E. in the 1930s was attended, it came to seem, by all of the economists of my generation - Nicky Kaldor , Thomas Balogh, L. K. Jah, Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, the list could be indefinitely extended. The urge to participate (and correct Hayek) was ruthlessly competitive.” SeemsGenerationsEconomicTheoryListsUrgesEconomistMy Generation1930sSeminarsHayekEconomic Theory Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“No one seriously doubts that if Piraha children are brought up in Boston they'll be speaking Boston English, that is, that the capacities are present, unlike other animals, as far as is known. There's no challenge to the theory - not mine, but everyone's - that the human language faculty provides the means for generation of an infinite array of structured expressions.” IfsHumansMeanChildrenLanguageChallengesAnimalKnownDoubtGenerationsMinesExpressionTheoryCapacityInfiniteFacultyBostonHuman Language Author:Noam Chomsky
“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.” ImportantHumanityHouseGenerationsTheoryBuiltStonesFoundationWiserFuture GenerationDwellingEdifice Author:Thomas Mann
“The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.” FactsChangeNumbersOpinionEconomyGenerationsTheoryEconomicsDetailsObservationPersist Author:Adam Smith