In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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Attributed to multiple people. It’s so true that it doesn’t matter who said it.
Attributed to multiple people. It’s so true that it doesn’t matter who said it.
GeeIWonder
on 01 Dec 12Great line.
Thanks especially for the honest attribution. Far better this than to become the next authoritative source for a Wikipedia article on Churchill quotes.
JeanHuguesRobert
on 01 Dec 12“La difference entre la théorie et la pratique, c’est qu’en théorie, il n’y en a pas”—works well in french and translates to: “The difference between theory and pratice, it’s that in theory, there’s none”.
Mick Krippendorf
on 02 Dec 12To that I reply: “There is nothing more practical than a good theory.”—Kurt Lewin
Paul Schreiber
on 03 Dec 12I always knew this as Yogi Berra-ism.
Ghusse
on 03 Dec 12I know this other quote:
Einar
on 03 Dec 12On a similiar note:
“The difference between theory and practice is greater in practice than in theory”
colin roald
on 07 Dec 12This is such a cheap slander against theory. Theory done well is intensely aware of how different it is from practice, and that’s precisely why theory is so hard to do well.
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