Scientific Theory/descriptions of Theories

Famous quotes containing the words scientific, theory, descriptions and/or theories:

    “The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.”
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)

    “A theory if you hold it hard enough
    And long enough gets rated as a creed....”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “Matter-of-fact descriptions make the improbable seem real.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left.”
    —Marcel Proust (1871–1922)