Theory Limitations Quotes

Theories have nothing to do with life.

Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly been said, that the greater the circle of light, the greater the boundary of darkness by which it is surrounded.

observation of realities has never, to put it mildly, been one of the strengths of economic development theory.

If you ask almost any of them, 'Do you stand behind your theory? Is this the answer?' I think almost everyone would say, 'No, no, no. I'm just trying to expand the range of possibilities.' We really don't know what's going on.

To be sure, theory is useful. But without warmth of heart and without love it bruises the very ones it claims to save.

All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green.

It really is a nice theory. The only defect I think it has is probably common to all philosophical theories. It's wrong.

No theory changes what it is a theory about; man remains what he has always been.

Relativity can, for instance, explain that the universe had once been clumped into a dense fireball. But it can never explain how matter actually behaved.

Theories of art carry the seeds of their own destruction.

We have never observed infinity in nature. Whenever you have infinities in a theory, that's where the theory fails as a description of nature. And if space was born in the Big Bang, yet is infinite now, we are forced to believe that it's instantaneously, infinitely big. It seems absurd.

There is no complete theory of anything.

It appears that anything you say about the way that theory and experiment may interact is likely to be correct, and anything you say about the way that theory and experiment must interact is likely to be wrong.

The argument for intelligent design basically depends on saying, 'You haven't answered every question with evolution,'... Well, guess what? Science can't answer every question.

There is nothing more gray, stultifying, or dreary than life lived inside the confines of a theory.