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.

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.

How empty is theory in the presence of fact

How empty is theory in the presence of fact

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.

There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.

There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very read more

Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.