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“From the equilibrium and spontaneous order of Adam Smith and his heirs, from invisible-handed markets and perfect competition, supply and demand, and rewards and punishments, I was pushed to theories of disequilibrium and disorder, and information and noise, as the keys to understanding economic progress.”

Source: Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World

“We're all embers from the same fire. Our ember winks out, we're ashes, we go back to the fire. I like that image. There has to be a unifying theory. I think there is a continuity of some kind, that my love for my wife will go on past the death of my body. Nature is perfect.”

Thinking Kind Body Past Perfect Fire Wife Theory Goes On My Wife Ashes Continuity Unifying Embers

Author:William Shatner

“As Eastern thought has begun to interest a significant number of people, and meditation is no longer viewed with ridicule or suspicion, mysticism is being taken seriously even within the scientific community. An increasing number of scientists are aware that mystical thought provides a consistent and relevant philosophical background to the theories of Contemporary science, a conception of the world in which the scientific discoveries of men and women can be in perfect harmony with their spiritual aims and religious beliefs.”

“An old French mathematician said: "A mathematical theory is not to be considered complete until you have made it so clear that you can explain it to the first man whom you meet on the street." This clearness and ease of comprehension, here insisted on for a mathematical theory, I should still more demand for a mathematical problem if it is to be perfect; for what is clear and easily comprehended attracts, the complicated repels us.”

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Author:David Hilbert

“Theory is continually the precursor of truth; we must pass through the twilight and its shade, to arrive at the full and perfect day.”

Truth Perfect Theory Shade Twilight Perfect Days Precursor

Author:James Douglas, Lord of Douglas

“The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records.”

Mean Perfect Records One Thing Theory Lessons Ears Guitar Piano Eric

Author:Eddie Van Halen

“We are compelled by the theory of God's already achieved perfection to make Him a devil as well as a god, because of the existenceof evil. The god of love, if omnipotent and omniscient, must be the god of cancer and epilepsy as well.... Whoever admits that anything living is evil must either believe that God is malignantly capable of creating evil, or else believe that God has made many mistakes in His attempts to make a perfect being.”

Ifs Believe Wells Made God Evil Perfect Mistake Theory Creating Capable Devil Perfection Cancer Compelled Omnipotent Omniscient Epilepsy

Author:George Bernard Shaw

“Though I admire republican principles in theory, yet I am afraid the practice may be too perfect for human nature. We tried a republic last century, and it failed. Let our enemies try next. I hate political experiments.”

Trying Humans May Lasts Political Hate Next Perfect Enemy Principles Practice Century Human Nature Theory Republican I Hate Experiments Admire Republic

Author:Robert Walpole

“Macroscopic objects, as we see them all around us, are governed by a variety of forces, derived from a variety of approximations to a variety of physical theories. In contrast, the only elements in the construction of black holes are our basic concepts of space and time. They are, thus, almost by definition, the most perfect macroscopic objects there are in the universe.”

Universe Force Black Space Perfect Objects Theory Elements Concepts Definitions Holes Variety Construction Contrast Time And Space Black Hole Approximation

Author:Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

“There's sort of a theory that's going around in the China-watching community about a perfect storm coming up with the 2008 Olympics, a U.S. election and a Taiwanese election, some sort of mutually reinforcing explosion and crisis.”

Community Perfect Theory Election Crisis China Storm Olympics Explosions Perfect Storm Storms Coming

Author:Bonnie Blair

“Climate change is the perfect pseudoscientific theory for a big government politician who wants more power. Why? Because it is a theory that can never be disproven.”

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Author:Ted Cruz

“In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.”

Believe Happiness Joy Perfect Possibility Theory Elements Laughter Strive Indestructible Perfect Happiness

Book:Shorter works [of] Franz Kafka

Source: Shorter works [of] Franz Kafka

“We know from chaos theory that even if you had a perfect model of the world, you'd need infinite precision in order to predict future events. With sociopolitical or economic phenomena, we don't have anything like that.”

Ifs Knows World Needs Order Perfect Economic Events Theory Models Infinite Chaos Precision Chaos Theory Future Events

Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb