How empty is theory in the presence of fact

How empty is theory in the presence of fact

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

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

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.

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.

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

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.

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

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

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.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.