Theory Quotes

A theory deeply etched in our law is that a free society prefers to punish the few who abuse the rights of free speech after they break the law rather than to throttle them and all others beforehand.

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.

Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions arise through the principle of memory only, like those empirical physicians who have mere practice without theory.

My theory is that if you look confident you can pull off anything – even if you have no clue what you’re doing.

We must regard all laws or theories as hypothetical or conjectural; that is, as guesses.

Democracy, pure democracy, has at least its foundation in a generous theory of human rights.

When the contrary magnetic poles were on the same side, there was an effect produced on the polarized ray, and thus magnetic force and light were proved to have relation to each other.

My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.

I always write the end of everything first. I always write the last chapters of my books before I write the beginning. Then I go back to the beginning. I mean, it’s always nice to know where you’re going is my theory.

I am tired of only being loved in theory.