The nearest to this quote that I know of belongs to Yogi Berra:
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice
there is."
See http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/y/yogiberra141506.html
Cheers.
Fil
On 14 February 2012 10:41, Chris Rust <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 14/02/2012 14:31, André Liem wrote:
>
>> I like your quote below: " In theory, practice follows theory, in
>> practice theory follows practice".
>> Is it yours? If not, where do you get it from?
>>
>> Not sure where it comes from, I guess somebody here will know if it has
> provenance. Google's first hit is to me ascribing it to "anon" (At my age
> you have to defer to your younger self). I think it represents our approach
> to both research and learning very well.
>
> My other favourite, less pointful but more amusing, is
>
> "Theory is when it doesn't work and you know why. Practice is when it
> works but you don't know why. We do both, it doesn't work and we don't know
> why."
>
> My colleague Nicola Wood found that a while back on (I think) the
> Norwegian Antarctic Survey website but I daresay they didn't invent it.
>
> Best wishes from Sheffield
> Chris
>
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