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

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

How empty is theory in the presence of fact

How empty is theory in the presence of fact

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.

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.

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.

There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.

There can be no theory of any account unless it corroborate with the theory of the earth.

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.

There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for read more

There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.

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

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