Keyword: Theories

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

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist
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When deciding between two competing theories, always go with the one that doesn't involve a magic spell.

(1956 – ) American comedian
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Any theory can be made to fit any facts by means of appropriate additional assumptions.

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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
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Any simple theory will be worded in the most complicated way.

Murphy’s Laws

The first example of superior principle is always inferior to the developed example of inferior principle.

Murphy’s Laws

The world is more complicated than most of our theories make it out to be.

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Enough research will tend to support your theory.

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The theory is supported as long as the funds are.

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We all agree your theory is crazy… but is it crazy enough to be true?

(1885 – 1962) Danish physicist
Ideas Intelligence

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

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
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Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.

(1907 – 1953) American lawyer & scholar
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A theory is better than an explanation.

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