Theory Holds

Famous quotes containing the words theory and/or holds:

“The great tragedy of science—the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)

“calm and dry,
It holds you like a heaven, and you lie
Unvariably lovely there,
Smaller and clearer as the years go by.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1985)