Logo
Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most im

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Assumptions
category

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible. – Hosea Ballou

Category:
Assumptions

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. – Denis Diderot

Category:
Assumptions

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed. – Edith Hamilton

Category:
Assumptions

If there were no bad speculations there could be no good investments; if there were no wild ventures there would be no brilliantly successful enterprises. – F. W. Hirst

Category:
Assumptions

Random Quotes

Character is power it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. – John Howe

Category:
Happiness

God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage. – Proverb

Category:
Adversity

Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. – George Eliot

Category:
great

I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, Yeah, I know what you mean, and stare at their mobiles. – Jack White

Category:
Age