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.

You have to know you can first. How comes later.

You have to know you can first. How comes later.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

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

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