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If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
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.
Relativity applies to physics, not ethics
Relativity applies to physics, not ethics
In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.
In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.
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.
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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.
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither read more
Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve
