I was tempted to use this one for my PhD thesis (in the end I didn't, out of fear it might sound pretentious):

There is nothing so practical as a good theory (Ludwig Boltzmann)

I like how it reconciles the concepts of theory and practice. All too often the former is dismissed as "yes, that's what would happen in theory; but in practice..."

I was tempted to use this one for my PhD thesis (in the end I didn't, out of fear it might sound pretentious):

There is nothing so practical as a good theory (attributed to Kurt Lewin)

I like how it reconciles the concepts of theory and practice. All too often the former is dismissed as "yes, that's what would happen in theory; but in practice..."

I was tempted to use this one for my PhD thesis (in the ended I didn't, out of fear it might sound pretentious):

There is nothing so practical as a good theory (Ludwig Boltzmann)

I like how it reconciles the concepts of theory and practice. All too often the former is dismissed as "yes, that's what would happen in theory; but in practice..."

I was tempted to use this one for my PhD thesis (in the end I didn't, out of fear it might sound pretentious):

There is nothing so practical as a good theory (Ludwig Boltzmann)

I like how it reconciles the concepts of theory and practice. All too often the former is dismissed as "yes, that's what would happen in theory; but in practice..."