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[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.
I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in read more
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.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
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.
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.
Relativity applies to physics, not ethics
Relativity applies to physics, not ethics