#heo

If the theory turns out to be right, that will be tremendously thick and tasty icing on the cake. ↗

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see - every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties. ↗

— Graham Greene

#being #boring #even #every #everything

The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

#conduct #fact #his #man #regards

The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through piano theory, but I never had a guitar lesson in my life, except from Eric Clapton off of records. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#developed #ear #ears #eric #eric clapton

The piano is a universal instrument. If you start there, learn your theory and how to read, you can go on to any other instrument. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#go #how #instrument #learn #other

Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself. ↗

— G. Stanley Hall

#each #every #himself #individual #lacks

My theory is if you have a religion, it's a good one. Because some people don't have any at all. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

#because #good #people #religion #some

The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind. ↗