Quotes of: Asimov Keyword

Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.

Faith Baldwin

I didn't know much about computers. I still worked on a manual Olivetti typewriter.

Mona Simpson

In the 19th century the anatomy of the eye was known in great detail and the sophisticated mechanisms it employs to deliver an accurate picture of the outside world astounded everyone who was familiar with them.

Michael Behe

It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Proteins are the machinery of living tissue that builds the structures and carries out the chemical reactions necessary for life.

Michael Behe

I love to do things like sail and hike, but they don't give me the satisfaction of knowing the potential of something you've learned in the lab.

Craig Mello

With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery.

Paul Berg

It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction.

Cory Doctorow

Science has not been successful by making up explanations of things that fit with the current social fabric.

Kary Mullis

Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce.

Octavia E. Butler

Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.

Sidney Altman

If every conceivable precaution is taken at first, one is often too discouraged to proceed at all.

Archer John Porter Martin

I can't envision an honest war novel that left war in a positive light.

Kevin Powers

La apreciaba por lo que era, no por lo que parecía.

The Terminal Experiment

The geographical isolation and lack of television made world happenings and problems seem remote.

Paul D. Boyer

My 6 years with Murdoch were pivotal for my entire research career.

Paul Nurse

People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does.

Kary Mullis

In many biological structures proteins are simply components of larger molecular machines.

Michael Behe

From space this Earth is incandescent with abominations - the gods write their signature in our entrails

Steve Aylett

I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer.

Dave Barry

Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones.

Richard Dawkins