#theo

The absurd consequences of neglecting structure but using the concept of order just the same are evident if one examines the present terminology of information theory. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#concept #consequences #evident #examines #information

Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#all night #being #creationists #dreamt #drunk

Playing music is not really susceptible to theory much. Circumstances affect it so much. ↗

— Derek Bailey

#circumstances #much #music #playing #really

I have never believed in the Wizard of Oz theory of consulting, that I am all-knowing and all-seeing, and that everyone around me is kind of a backbencher. ↗

— David Axelrod

#around #believed #consulting #everyone #i

Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster should be reduced to 55 from 60. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#continually #debate #filibuster #issue #just

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#atheism #belief #less #many #modernity

Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles. ↗

— James D. Watson

#adherence #based #doctrinaire #everyone #evolution

Theology is the logic of the Devil. ↗

— Jose Bergamin

#logic #theology

So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy theories have a life of their own. ↗

— Peter L. Bergen

#country #fond #i #life #lot

In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. ↗

— Yogi Berra

#difference #practice #theory