"Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it."
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"It is the theory which decides what we can observe"
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"Theory is knowledge that doesn't work. Practice is when everything works and you don't know why."
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"Another thing I must point out is that you cannot prove a vague theory wrong."
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"A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has the ticket that shows its price."
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"It is the theory that decides what can be observed."
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"I have a theory... that someplace at the heart of most compelling stories is something that doesn't make sense."
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"The supreme misfortune is when theory outstrips performance"
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"The theory must not contradict empirical facts."
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"It's perfectly obvious that there is some genetic factor that distinguishes humans from other animals and that it is language-specific. The theory of that genetic component, whatever it turns out to be, is what is called universal grammar."
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"The secret of theory is that truth does not exist."
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"As far as social-economic theory is concerned, I am still a Marxist"
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"The content of scientific theory itself offers no moral foundation for the personal conduct of life."
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"Frankly, these days, without a theory to go with it, I can't see a painting."
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"While in theory randomness is an intrinsic property, in practice, randomness is incomplete information."
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"Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all."
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"The theory of the free press is not that the truth will be presented completely or perfectly in any one instance, but that the truth will emerge from free discussion"
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"Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment."
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"He that travels in theory has no inconveniences."
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"History, contrary to popular theories, is kings and dates and battles."
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