"Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do."

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"Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do."

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"Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do."

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

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"Of thousands of others, nearer the centre of the explosion, there was no trace. They vanished. The theory in Hiroshima is that the atomic heat was so great that they burned instantly to ashes - except that there were no ashes."

Wilfred Burchett, Australian Journalist

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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."

Linda M. Godwin, American Astronaut

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"Theories crumble, but good observations never fade."

Harlow Shapley, American Scientist

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"My theory is that all of Scottish cuisine is based on a dare."

Mike Myers, Canadian Comedian

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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."

Ty Cobb, American Athlete

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

Morris Raphael Cohen, Russian Philosopher

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"Never abandon a theory that explains something until you have a theory that explains more."

John McCarthy, American Politician

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"Things are still in early stages, but one can imagine that as we build up and systematize our theories of these associations, and try to boil them down to their core, the result might point us toward the sort of fundamental principles I advocate."

David Chalmers, American Philosopher

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"A unified theory would put us at the doorstep of a vast universe of things that we could finally explore with precision."

Brian Greene, American Physicist

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"To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster."

Authority

"I woke up in bed with a man and a cat. The man was a stranger, the cat was not."

Mystery

"Sex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to, the more you enjoy it, the less it tires you."

Affection

"Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys, it's more sanitary."

Affection

"It's not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth - but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of it but tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you are lying."

Deception

"Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things."

Progress

"Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along."

Belief

"Democracy can't work. Mathematicians, peasants, and animals, that's all there is-- so democracy, a theory based on the assumption that mathematicians and peasants are equal, can never work. Wisdom is not additive; its maximum is that of the wisest man in a given group."

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"There is no conclusive evidence of life after death, but there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know, so why fret about it?"

Mortality

"I know why we laugh. We laugh because it hurts, and it's the only thing to make it stop hurting."

Healing