“It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools. They weren't going to be intellectuals. And so I put the theses to the test. And they all collapsed.”
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“It's such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space... we're doing such exciting research. And I don't want to overemphasize the life science research, but as a physician the life science research that we're doing is extremely exciting.”
“Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better.”
“Science, for hundreds of years, has spanned the differences between cultures and between countries.”
“Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.”
“Art is made to disturb, science reassures.”
“American high school students trail teenagers from 14 European and Asian countries in reading, math and science. We're even trailing France.”
“Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.”
“People who love science fiction really do love sex.”
“I was on the football team because I wanted to experience the different iconic social classes of high school. So football for me was an attempt to socially integrate in an interesting way. And then I didn't like it anymore and stopped doing it and focused more on drama and science and other forms of art and music.”
“Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.”
“People challenge my nerd cred all the time. I just show them the photo of me winning my middle-school science fair, wearing my Casio calculator watch and eyeglasses so big they look like they can see the future.”
“I was sent to a finishing school, which didn't last long when mother found out how badly chaperoned we were. Then I 'came out' before going to a domestic science school.”
“I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting.”
“It's very strange writing science fiction in a world that moves as fast as ours does.”
“I really like being pregnant. Not that there aren't things I don't love, but when I think about what my body is doing - creating a child - it just blows my mind. I'm in awe of the process and science.”
“Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts.”
“Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science.”
“I'm not being evasive but I am saying I'm not a scientist and I'm not directly involved in the consultation however the science must be sound, it must be agreed and the consultation must be of a high quality or no one will have any confidence in the process.”
“There's a science to ordering potatoes. Are they skinny shoestring or big, fat steak fries? You just have to let your taste buds guide you when deciding what to eat.”
“I sort of feel that climate change will be solved by science. I just feel instinctively that we will find a way of saving ourselves. But I am less confident that we won't destroy ourselves in other ways.”
“I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.”
“Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.”
“Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.”