“As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography.”
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“I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.”
“Today's recording techniques would have been regarded as science fiction forty years ago.”
“A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things.”
“Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science.”
“The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.”
“In order for America to remain a global leader in innovation and opportunity, we must give our children a solid foundation in math and science.”
“In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the forces of nature than the ancients ascribed to their gods.”
“As I have tried to show, science, in producing the airplane and the wireless, has created a new international political environment to which governments must adjust their foreign policies.”
“I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them.”
“I do not think we are ever going to be able to, for a long time, get the kind of quality of school personnel that we need in our schools, especially in the areas of science and math. One of the answers to that problem is to use more educational technology.”
“Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about what is permissible.”
“First, I think the science of monetary economics has clearly gotten better.”
“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.”
“I love science fiction.”
“I've tried to be a straight scientist doing the science and reporting it as best I can.”
“You have no time to do the science if you're talking to the media.”
“What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.”
“As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bush's blatant disregard for science.”
“At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly.”
“But the first the general public learned about the discovery was the news of the destruction of Hiroshima by the atom bomb. A splendid achievement of science and technology had turned malign. Science became identified with death and destruction.”
“From my earliest days I had a passion for science.”
“I did not imagine that the second half of my life would be spent on efforts to avert a mortal danger to humanity created by science.”
“I saw science as being in harmony with humanity.”