Application Quotes

To learn something but not to do is really not to learn. To know something but not to do is really not to know.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Physics is to mathematics what sex is to masturbation.

Not having heard something is not as good as having heard it; having heard it is not as good as having seen it; having seen it is not as good as knowing it; knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

There is nothing so practical as a good theory.

Knowing is not enough, You must apply

Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.

Well, it may be all right in practice, but it will never work in theory

Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to good use.

Information is not knowledge.

I did several types of work about several investigations of application of game theory to international relations.

Science is about knowing; engineering is about doing.

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.

You cannot create prosperity by law. Sustained thrift, industry, application, intelligence, are the only things that ever do, or ever will, create prosperity. But you can very easily destroy prosperity by law.

On Pragmatism: It's all very well in theory but it doesn't work in practice

Memory is not wisdom; idiots can by rote repeat volumes. Yet what is wisdom without memory?

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

I still remember the realization in college at Flinders University in Australia that mathematics was not just an abstract game of symbols but could be used as a tool to analyze and understand the modern world.

Knowledge must come through action.

Science is a tool, and we invent tools to do things we want. It's a question of how those tools are used by people.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory!

For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.