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"If a philosophic theory is once ruled out of court, no one can tell when it will appear again."
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"The whole theory of the universe is directed unerringly to one single individual."
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"The problem is that replacement of Quantum Mechanics by Quantum Field Theory is still very demanding."
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"Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do."
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"If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory."
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"I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions."
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"Although I know a lot of the previous shuttle flights, in theory, had their tasks laid out; but there were still some changes that came along for them."
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"I don't like writing essays or theory."
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"If a philosophic theory is once ruled out of court, no one can tell when it will appear again."
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"Every great batter works on the theory that the pitcher is more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher."
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"The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise."
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"In thus pointing out certain respects in which philosophy resembles literature more than science, I do not mean, of course, to imply that it would be well for philosophy if it ceased to aim at scientific rigor."
Science


"To be sure, the vast majority of people who are untrained can accept the results of science only on authority."
Science


"This open eye for possible alternatives which need to be scrutinized before we can determine which is the best grounded is profoundly disconcerting to all conservatives and to almost all revolutionaries."
Conservative


"Lastly, literature and philosophy both allow past idols to be resurrected with a frequency which would be truly distressing to a sober scientist."
Literature


"If a philosophic theory is once ruled out of court, no one can tell when it will appear again."
Theory


"If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good."
Power


"Liberalism regards life as an adventure in which we must take risks in new situation, in which there is no guarantee that the new will always be the good or the true, in which progress is a precarious achievement rather than inevitability."
Life


"Let philosophy resolutely aim to be as scientific as possible, but let her not forget her strong kinship with literature."
Philosophy


"A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will can be entirely eliminated from any human philosophy."
Sympathy


"Conservatism clings to what has been established, fearing that, once we begin to question the beliefs that we have inherited, all the values of life will be destroyed."
Life
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