#theo

And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#capital #capital punishment #defensive #however #ignorance

In art, theories are as useful as a doctor's prescription; one must be sick to believe them. ↗

— Maurice de Vlaminck

#believe #doctor #must #prescription #sick

My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

#had #human #human behavior #i #make

If the president is going to use so much language of theology and the Bible, then let's use that language for a serious discussion about the war in Iraq. And that was never done. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#bible #discussion #done #going #iraq

One either has to believe in a God who's terribly prejudiced, or disbelieve the teachings of such exclusionary theologies. Religions have taught us that 'we are better than they.' ↗

— Neale Donald Walsch

#better #disbelieve #either #god #prejudiced

I always had the theory that if you have a dream, chase it. And I'm chasing it. ↗

— Rau'Shee Warren

#chase #chasing #dream #had #i

Radical constructivism, thus, is radical because it breaks with convention and develops a theory of knowledge in which knowledge does not reflect an 'objective' ontological reality. ↗

— Paul Watzlawick

#breaks #convention #develops #does #knowledge

I didn't get my licence because I wasn't allowed to. But I haven't had a seizure for a long time so I could, theoretically, get my licence. But I'm now just so used to not driving, I'm scared of what I'd do. ↗

— Hugo Weaving

#because #could #driving #get #had

To hate is to study, to study is to understand, to understand is to appreciate, to appreciate is to love. So maybe I'll end up loving your theory. ↗

— John Archibald Wheeler

#end #hate #i #love #loving

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena. ↗

— William Whewell

#only #phenomena #predict #test #theories