Theory And Practice Quotes

Theory And Practice Quotes by Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, Albert Einstein, Maria Montessori, W. H. Auden, Vladimir Lenin, George E. P. Box and many others.

There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theo

There is a distinction, but no opposition, between theory and practice. Each to a certain extent supposes the other. Theory is dependent on practice; practice must have preceded theory.
Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
Albert Einstein
Mental development must be connected with movement and be dependent on it. It is vital that educational theory and practice should be informed by that idea.
Maria Montessori
Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation.
W. H. Auden
Atheism is a natural and inseparable part of Marxism, of the theory and practice of scientific socialism. Our program necessarily includes the propaganda of atheism.
Vladimir Lenin
One important idea is that science is a means whereby learning is achieved, not by mere theoretical speculation on the one hand, nor by the undirected accumulation of practical facts on the other, but rather by a motivated iteration between theory and practice.
George E. P. Box
This book is the best treatment of the best American Marxist philosopher-and the best philosopher to emerge from American slums. Young Sidney Hook is essential reading for anyone interested in democratic theory and practice in America.
Cornel West
Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills.
Franz Grillparzer
Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.
Linus Torvalds
As an American I am of course fundamentally opposed to democracy and to anyone advocating or defending democracy, which in theory and practice is the basis of socialism.
Rose Wilder Lane
The difference between theory and practice is larger in practice than the difference between theory and practice in theory.
Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut
In sum: banking theory and practice, as immobilizing and fixating forces, fail to acknowledge men and women as historical beings; problem-posing theory and practice take the people’s historicity as their starting point.
Paulo Freire
The ‘regular’ school of medicine, as a body, has ignored and will ignore this science, because it discloses the fallacy of their favorite theories and practices and because it reveals unmistakably the direful results of chronic drug poisoning and ill-advised operations.
Henry Lindlahr
Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.
Edward Tufte
Modern psychology teaches that experience is not merely the best teacher, but the only possible teacher.. There is no war between theory and practice. The most valuable experience demands both, and the theory should supplement the practice and not precede it.
Charles Kettering
Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.
Benito Mussolini
Those who say theory and practice are two unrelated realms are fools in one and scoundrels in the other.
Ayn Rand