A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

[Do not] put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.

[Do not] put too much confidence in experimental results until they have been confirmed by theory.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

Let us work without theorizing, 'Tis the only way to make life endurable.

Let us work without theorizing, 'Tis the only way to make life endurable.

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, read more

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility - it may read more

A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility - it may be right but irrelevant.

How empty is theory in the presence of fact

How empty is theory in the presence of fact

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.