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.

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

It is the theory that decides what can be observed

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.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

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.

[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.

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.

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics