Arthur Stanley Eddington Quotes on Theory
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It is also a good rule not to put overmuch confidence in the observational results that are put forward until they are confirmed by theory.
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If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations - then so much the worse for Maxwell's equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation - well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.
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Schrodinger's wave-mechanics is not a physical theory, but a dodge - and a very good dodge too.