#theo

Mitt Romney's primary season embrace of the social and economic agenda of the more rabid elements of his party doomed him, especially the shrill immigration rhetoric and the harshly insensitive theory that no additional sacrifice or contribution should be sought from those at the top. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#agenda #contribution #doomed #economic #elements

Why does it have to be politics? Is there a dynamism to that world and a theoretical capacity to do things that draws many talented people? Absolutely. Are there other ways to be involved and lead an interesting life? Of course. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#capacity #course #does #draws #dynamism

When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#boulder #expect #him #man #must

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#conventional wisdom #counter #economists #like #often

But we did conclude that Ray had actually killed Dr. King pursuant to his theory that he was going to be able to get hold of that money. He had learned of this offer through his ties in the Missouri State Penitentiary. ↗

— Louis Stokes

#actually #conclude #did #dr #get

In my opinion, assassination theories will continue to revolve around these assassinations as they have around several other significant assassinations in American history. The assassination of President Lincoln comes to mind. ↗

— Louis Stokes

#american history #around #assassination #assassinations #comes

A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad government. ↗

— Joseph Story

#bad #bad government #executed #execution #feeble

If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom. ↗

— Leo Strauss

#capacity #highest #man #then #theoretical

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory. ↗

— Harold S. Geneen

#business #else #run #theory #you

A theory can be proved by experiment; but no path leads from experiment to the birth of a theory. ↗

— Manfred Eigen

#experiment #leads #path #proved #theory