Theory Quotes

At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third of the undergraduate student body. It was an experiment to see how high we could bring their level of understanding, and it exceeded all of my expectations.

You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true.

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.