Quotes of: Asimov Keyword

The question of how the eye works - that is, what happens when a photon of light first impinges on the retina - simply could not be answered at that time.

Michael Behe

Being a scientist is a special privilege: for it brings the opportunity to be creative, the passionate quest for answers to nature's most precious secrets, and the warm friendships of many valued colleagues.

Stanley B. Prusiner

I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books.

Anthony Doerr

I want to make a difference in the world because I believe that's what science is for.

Craig Mello

Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question 'How?' but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question 'Why?'

Erwin Chargaff

There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.

Elizabeth Moon

Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

Emily Post

A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.

Iain Banks

Science is definitely part of America's infrastructure, the engine of prosperity. And yet science is given almost no visibility in the media.

Michio Kaku

I really like science because it seems to be that place where you get the big picture, everything connects.

Richard Powers

More by example than by word, my father taught me logical reasoning, compassion, love of others, honesty, and discipline applied with understanding.

Paul D. Boyer

I like teaching and the contact with young minds keeps one on one's toes.

Aaron Klug

Much can often be learned by the repetition under different conditions, even if the desired result is not obtained.

Archer John Porter Martin

I enjoyed reading all the classic authors like Isaac Asimov and Bradbury.

William Shatner

I was born during the war, on October 20, 1942, as the second of five children. My father, Rolf Volhard, was an architect.

Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence," said Hollus, "or it is deliberate design.

Calculating God

Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.

Flashforward

Each of us have things and thoughts and descriptions of an amazing universe in our possession that kings in the 17th Century would have gone to war to possess.

Kary Mullis

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

Winnie-the-Pooh

Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak.

Paul D. Boyer

I'm sure Obama is an atheist; I'm sure Kennedy was an atheist, but I doubt if Pope Frank is.

Richard Dawkins