Quotes about theory, page 20
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
quote by Hunter S. Thompson
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A political theory seeks to find from history the limits of the politically possible.
quote by Francis Parker Yockey
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I have a tendency to often share the point of view of the conspiracy theory.
quote by Marion Cotillard
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Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.
quote by Edward Tufte
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I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s.
quote by Lionel Hampton
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When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
quote by Harrison Birtwistle
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Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory.
quote by Kenneth L. Pike
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Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of leisure.
Thorstein Veblen in Theory of the Leisure Class (1899)
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As for everything else, so for mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained.
quote by Arthur Cayley
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He who has nothing and wants something is less frustrated than he who has something and wants more.
Eric Hoffer in True Believer or Theory of leisure class
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