Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren't all that great). Use this quote
It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment. Use this quote
Weapons of mass destruction aren't pulled out of a black hat like a white rabbit at a magic show. They're produced in factories. There's science and technology involved. They're not produced in a hole in the ground or in a basement. Use this quote
Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated. Use this quote
The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms. Use this quote
It's very strange writing science fiction in a world that moves as fast as ours does. Use this quote
I have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier. Use this quote
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men. Use this quote
Biology is now bigger than physics, as measured by the size of budgets, by the size of the workforce, or by the output of major discoveries; and biology is likely to remain the biggest part of science through the twenty-first century. Use this quote
I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science. Use this quote
It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural. Use this quote
When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It's like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then? Use this quote
Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on. Use this quote
Science has not been successful by making up explanations of things that fit with the current social fabric. Use this quote
Biology, meaning the science of all life, is a late notion. Use this quote
And finally, no matter how good the science gets, there are problems that inevitably depend on judgement, on art, on a feel for financial markets. Use this quote
I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college. Use this quote
I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting. Use this quote
I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the mainstream public that chooses my books for the most part. Use this quote
Man has to awaken to wonder - and so perhaps do peoples. Science is a way of sending him to sleep again. Use this quote
