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My theory of composition? Simple: do not release the shutter until everything in the viewfinder feels just right. — Ernst Haas

A scientific theory is a tool and not a creed. — Joseph John Thomson

We did not begin this project with a theory to test or prove. We sought to build a theory from the ground up, derived directly from the evidence. — James C. Collins

O. J. Simpson theory of legal fees: I'm not paying you; you're lucky to be here; go make a buck with your book. — John Grisham

Contrary to popular belief, the gene-centered theory of evolution does not imply that the point of all human striving is to spread our genes. — Steven Pinker

Always think about practice ... theory is not the endpoint of work, it is the work along the way to work. — Felix Gonzalez-Torres

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong — Francis Crick

Logic is not a theory but a reflexion of the world. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Do not say hypothesis, and even less theory: say way of thinking. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

Maslow did not make two different pyramids, one for men and one for women. He did not differentiate in identifying what men want and what women want. — Shahla Khan

No theory can be sacrosanct, and widespread acceptance of a theory does not guarantee its truth. — Kenneth A. Kitchen

Once you have a theory, it's not too hard to find evidence to substantiate it, at least until some other theory comes along. — Eckhart Tolle

Theory A widely accepted hypothesis that stands the test of time. Theories are often tested, and usually not rejected. — Jean Brainard

Any theory of the universe that does not take into account the God and Creator of the universe is not worthy of serious consideration. — Billy Graham

Religion is not theory - it is life. It is not intellectual conviction - it is divine humanity, and nothing else. — Robert Green Ingersoll

I've never really addressed those rumors because I figured, 'Why defend yourself against something that is not offensive'? — Johnny Galecki

Science is not about making predictions or performing experiments. Science is about explaining. — Bill Gaede

The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Truth cannot be found by intellectual effort because truth is not a theory, it is an experience. — Osho

Without the physical world, Ideas will not exist. — Joey Lawsin

Do not read history. Read biography for it is life without theory. — Benjamin Disraeli

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond. — Andre Gide

The concept of disruption is about competitive response; it is not a theory of growth. It's adjacent to growth. But it's not about growth. — Clayton M Christensen

We do not know how to formulate string theory nor do we know its underlying principles. Surprisingly, this fact does not stop us from making progress. — Nathan Seiberg

But if theory is not the crystallized resin of experience, it ceases to be a guide to action. — Leslie Feinberg

At present every coachman and every waiter argues about whether or not the relativity theory is correct. — Albert Einstein

To create a community where faith matters not just in theory but in reality, faith has to be a public value, not just a private one. — Donna Freitas

Let's not argue about it, let's study it. — Leonard

Darwin's theory of evolution pointed to the conclusion that flux (or becoming), not being, is the essence of reality. Though — Henri Bergson

I do not think much of the good luck theory of self-made men. It is worth but little attention and has no practical value. — Frederick Douglass

Those who are not shocked when they first come across quantum theory cannot possibly have understood it. — Niels Bohr

I have this theory: You can get away with anything as long as you act like you're not doing anything wrong. — Candace Bushnell

Anthroposophy is not a game, nor just a theory; it is a task that must be faced for the sake of human evolution. — Rudolf Steiner

It is our theory that the people own the government, not that the government should own the people. — Calvin Coolidge

The truth of a theory is in your mind, not in your eyes. — Albert Einstein

Philosophy is not a theory but an activity — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed. — Talcott Parsons

Man can be an atheist only in theory, not in practice, because the universe is too frightening and too chaotic to be too independent! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

To test a perfect theory with imperfect instruments did not impress the Greek philosophers as a valid way to gain knowledge. — Isaac Asimov

I believe in God, not as a theory but as a fact more real than life itself. — Mahatma Gandhi

So we are stuck with a theory, and we do not know whether it is right or wrong, but we do know that it is a little wrong, or at least incomplete. In — Bill Bryson

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. — Mahatma Gandhi

You must accept that the universe does not owe you anything. It has already given you everything. — Don Murphy

[Knowledge is governed not by] a theory of knowledge, but by a theory of discursive practice. — Michel Foucault

I am a terrorist and nihilist in theory as the others are with their weapons. Theoretical violence, not truth, is the only resource left us. — Jean Baudrillard

Not only are facts and theories in constant disharmony, they are never as neatly separated as everyone makes them out to be. — Paul Feyerabend

I am not the kind of girl who can trust a theory based on one person. — Brigitte Boisselier

Smart technologies are not just disruptive; they can also preserve the status quo. Revolutionary in theory, they are often reactionary in practice. — Evgeny Morozov

There is no theory that is not a fragment, carefully prepared, of some autobiography. — Paul Valery

My theory is this: Women falter when they're called on to be highly self-conscious about their talents. Not when they're called on to enact them. — Meghan O'Rourke

String theory is not the only theory that can accommodate extra dimensions, but it certainly is the one that really demands and requires it. — Brian Greene

it is said 'thou shalt not kill,' is he to be killed because he murdered some one else? No, it is not right, it's an impossible theory. I — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I am not a fan of Sigmund Freud because his theories are not testicle. — Richard Wiseman

The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise. — Peter R. Grant

Mrs. Schneiderman's theory of life was that earth held no sorrow that food could not heal ... — Bess Streeter Aldrich

Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really a theory of a bang at all. It is really only a theory of the aftermath of a bang. — Alan Guth

I'm not that well-versed in literary theory - I don't know what it is. — Jim Crace

The principle of universality is not a 'theory'. Just moral truism. — Noam Chomsky

He had not got beyond the theory as yet - the practice of life was all to come. — William Makepeace Thackeray

The cause of nutrition and growth resides not in the organism as a whole but in the separate elementary parts - the cells. — Theodor Schwann

It is grindingly, creakingly, crashingly obvious that if Darwinism was really a theory of chance, it could not work. — Richard Dawkins

If it can be used again, it is not wisdom but theory. — James Richardson

I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme ... — Karl Popper

If the masses are not thrown a few novels , they may react by throwing up a few barricades. — Terry Eagleton

If the aim of physical theories is to explain experimental laws, theoretical physics is not an autonomous science; it is subordinate to metaphysics. — Pierre Duhem

My personal theory is that he has a very firm grasp upon reality, it's simply not a reality the rest of us have ever met before. — Terry Pratchett

When you achieve higher consciousness you will not achieve anything, but you will lose everything that is not important and is not yours. — Debasish Mridha

Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more. — Albert Einstein

Memorizing and regurgitating are not science. Real science is a constant investigation of the unknown. — Abhijit Naskar

We must alter theory to adapt it to nature, but not nature to adapt it to theory. — Claude Bernard

What good does the theory [of economics] do if it is not working for people? — Muhammad Yunus

Seriousness of mind was a prerequisite for understanding Newtonian physics. I am not convinced it is not a handicap in understanding quantum theory. — Connie Willis

Life satisfaction essentially measures cheerful moods, so it is not entitled to a central place in any theory that aims to be more than a happiology. — Martin Seligman

If a theory can not be explained to a child, then the theory is probably worthless. — Albert Einstein

To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice. — James Stephens

Not every conspiracy is a theory, — James Badge Dale

Both chaos theory and fractal have had contacts in the past when they are both impossible to develop and in a certain sense not ready to be developed. — Benoit Mandelbrot

I wanted to make noise, not study theory. — James Hetfield

My theory on politics is no one really knows how it works, so I choose not to comment on stuff too outside of my league. — Kyle Kinane

Equality is a political theory not a practical policy ... — P.D. James

Falsifiability for a theory is great, but a theory can still be respectable even if it is not falsifiable, as long as it is verifiable. — Brian Greene

Theories are like scaffolding: they are not the house, but you cannot build the house without them. — Constance Fenimore Woolson

[Concerning Lyotard's ideology:]... Theory ought to be recognized as part of the problem, not as a potential solution. — Bill Readings

I'm not a yeller. My theory is that no one goes out there trying to screw up. — Amy Ruley

I am an atheist, but as far as blowing up the world in a nuclear war goes, I tell them not to worry. — Fred Hoyle

Christ is indispensable to any scientific theory, even if its practitioners do not have a clue about him. — William A. Dembski

Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation. — Edmund Burke

If the circulation of blood theory could not have been discovered without vivisection, the human kind could well have done without it. — Mahatma Gandhi

I find that most people that zealously defend Darwin have not actually read Darwin; definitely not Darwin's second book, The Descent of Man. — A.E. Samaan

Fate can be tricky and troublesome when not managed well. — Steven Redhead

Theory now: concern for truth must not hobble our discussion. — Mason Cooley

We wish to fill our culture once more with the spirit of Christianity - but not only in theory. — Adolf Hitler

The important question is whether [a theory] is true, not whether envisioning an alternative is too intellectually painful to bear. — J. D. Trout

I will repeat the following until I am hoarse: it is contagion that determines the fate of a theory in social science, not its validity. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Have a theory that she is in love with the dream of someone and not an actual person. — Erin Morgenstern

In terms of game theory, the opposite of a failed tactic is not necessarily success. — Robert Ferrigno

To understand theory is not enough. Much practice is necessary ... — Kimon Nicolaides

'Big Bang Theory' is not my kind of show. It's not my humor. I don't like multicam comedies. I don't want an audience to tell me when to laugh. — Zachary Knighton

We do not master a scientific theory until we have shelled and completely prised free its mathematical kernel. — David Hilbert

Though my theory was books chose us, and not the other way around. — Rebecca Raisin