#theory

The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#considerations #empirically #even #everyday #everyday life

Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#answer #formulates #know #needed #only

Tattoos are so widespread, so ugly and so very, very permanent. You can, in theory, have them removed - but a large chunk of your living flesh will go with it. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#flesh #go #large #living #permanent

I don't think Obama understands basic economics. Not economics that work. He may understand some theory that someone in Princeton sat and dreamed up, but it's not working. ↗

— Rick Perry

#dreamed #economics #i #may #obama

By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You've just got to keep moving. You can't stop. ↗

— Brad Pitt

#i #just #keep #keep moving #man

The oldest theory of contract is I think negative. ↗

— Frederick Pollock

#i #i think #negative #oldest #theory

As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained. ↗

— Arthur Cayley

#else #everything #explained #mathematical #perceived

I had become interested in economics, an interest that was transformed into a lifetime dedication when I met with the mathematical theory of general economic equilibrium. ↗

— Gerard Debreu

#dedication #economic #economics #equilibrium #general

In the mid-'60s in Berkeley, the theory of measure spaces of economic agents became one of my main interests. ↗

— Gerard Debreu

#became #berkeley #economic #interests #main

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#beautiful #common #common sense #fact #killed