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

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You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

by Harold S. Geneen Found in: Theory Quotes,
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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.

by Thomas Huxley Found in: Theory Quotes,
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How empty is theory in the presence of fact

How empty is theory in the presence of fact

by Mark Twain Found in: Theory Quotes,
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

by Friedrich Engels Found in: Theory Quotes,
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He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never read more

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

by Leonardo Da Vinci Found in: Theory Quotes,
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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

by Karl Popper Found in: Theory Quotes,
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It is the theory that decides what can be observed

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

by Albert Einstein Found in: Theory Quotes,
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A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact.

A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact.

by Ed Howe Found in: Theory Quotes,
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Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way read more

Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.

by Buddha Found in: Theory Quotes,
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