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    I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in connection with the electric light ... Yet in only two cases did my experiments prove the truth of my theory.

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

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

by Vanna Bonta Found in: Theory Quotes,
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Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

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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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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.

by Thomas Huxley Found in: Theory Quotes,
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Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

Relativity applies to physics, not ethics

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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.

by Ed Howe 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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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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