Quotes with theory

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  • Anna Quindlen Here is the real domino theory - gay man to gay man, bisexual man to straight woman, addict mother to newborn baby, they all fall down and someday it will come to you.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Abraham H. Maslow Human beings seem to be far more autonomous and self-governed than modern psychological theory allows for.
    Motivation and Personality (1954) p. 123
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. It is impossible to find a hygienist who does not debase his theory of the healthful with a theory of the virtuous. The true aim of medicine is not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of their vices.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Bruce Bueno de Mesquita I engage in the use of game theory. Game theory is a branch of mathematics, and that means, sorry, that even in the study of politics, math has come into the picture. We can no longer pretend that we just speculate about politics; we need to look at this in a rigorous way.
    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    American political scientist (1946 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle I grow daily to honor facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing - a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Billy Joel I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Hunter S. Thompson I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
    Hunter S. Thompson
    American journalist (1937 - 2005)
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  • Albert Einstein I have just got a new theory of eternity.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Bruce Bueno de Mesquita I think almost all strategic problems could at least be improved upon if people would do more careful game-theoretic analysis. The reason game theory works in predicting is because people intuit how to behave game-theoretically.
    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    American political scientist (1946 - )
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  • Jack Nicklaus I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.
    Jack Nicklaus
    American golf player (1940 - )
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  • Baruch Spinoza If facts conflict with a theory, either the theory must be changed or the facts.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Albert Einstein If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Albert Einstein If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Mao Tse-Tung If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.
    Mao Tse-Tung
    Chinese politician (1893 - 1976)
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  • Arthur Eddington If your theory is found to be against the second law of theromodynamics, I give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.
    Arthur Eddington
    English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (1882 - 1944)
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  • Camille Paglia In the theory of gender I began from zero. There is no masculine power or privilege I did not covet. But slowly, step by step, decade by decade, I was forced to acknowledge that even a woman of abnormal will cannot escape her hormonal identity.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Franz Kafka In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
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  • Yogi Berra In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
    Yogi Berra
    American baseball player (1925 - 2015)
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  • Yogi Berra In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
    Yogi Berra
    American baseball player (1925 - 2015)
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