“There's a theory, and I think the theory is right, that in order to make a change you've got to make the whole language of the page harmonious. Well, that's a lot easier with a computer.” ThinkingWellsWholeOrderLanguageTheoryEasierComputerPagesMaking ChangesHarmonious Author:Robert Caro
“The metal of economic theory is in Marx's pages immersed in such a wealth of steaming phrases as to acquire a temperature not naturally its own.” WealthEconomicTheoryPagesPhrasesAcquireMetalsTemperatureEconomic Theory Book:Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Source: Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
“The key role of entrepreneurs, like the most crucial role of scientists, is not to fill in the gaps in an existing market or theory, but to generate entirely new markets or theories. . .They stand before a canvas as empty as any painter's; a page as blank as any poet's.” RolesPoetTheoryKeysPagesEmptyScientistEntrepreneurPainterGapsCrucialBlankCanvas Book:The Spirit of Enterprise Source: The Spirit of Enterprise
“To be quite honest, along with thinking and such when it comes to writing, I'm not into words like "theory." I'm a PhD dropout. No matter how many twenty-five-page papers I wrote, I never felt like I was saying much. I didn't feel like the writer of the book, whose work I was analyzing, would have been impressed. It didn't matter how much time or effort I put in.” ThinkingFeelsWritingHas BeensBookMatterFeltEffortFiveHonestTheoryPaperPagesTwentiesImpressedPapersTwenty FiveAnalyzingPhdsDropouts Author:Mary J. Miller
“Yes, anyone can log onto your "anonymous" band's MySpace page and hear the music. So, in theory you have gotten your music in front of 5 billion people. The other thing is that something has to cause them to go to those bands MySpace page, and it's that reliance on taste makers or radio, that is still very much a part of how music is sold and marketed.” PeopleStillsCausesFrontsTheoryTasteBandMusic IsPagesRadioBillionsMakersReliance Author:Chris Cain
“Jealousy is a potent emotion, of course, and Facebook, texting, email, fan Web pages... In theory, being someone like George Clooney's or Halle Berry's paramour - woo hoo - how great would that be? But wait a minute... er, no, probably kind of a nightmare.” KindCoursesWaitingEmotionFansMinutesTheoryPagesNightmareEmailBerriesTextingWeb Page Author:Christine Sneed
“When you come up with a theory, you fall in love with the beauty the simplicity and elegance of it. But then you have to get a sheet of paper and pencil and crack out all the details. Hundreds and hundreds of pages. Because you have to prove it.” FallTheoryProvePaperPagesFalling In LoveSimplicityCome UpDetailsCracksSheetsPencilsEleganceProve ItSimplicity And ElegancePaper And Pencil Author:Michio Kaku
“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.” MindWellsFactsMightPsychologyTheoryPagesNarrativeMapsFabricIntuitiveWovenCognitiveDisconnected Author:Steven Pinker