Science is bound, by the everlasting vow of honour, to face fearlessly every problem which can be fairly presented to it.
I have friends, political scientists, sociologists, who all share an interest at least in certain kinds of science fiction.
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.
When I got there, all the pasta and science stuff hadn't quite caught on in England - things that were perfectly acceptable then wouldn't be tolerated now.
I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.
You know what's strange? A lot of men don't dream in color. Women will dream in color more than men.
What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters.
I really believe in the radical viewpoint. And I have always believed that one's politics and the character of his particular work are inseparable.
I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement.
The steam engine has done much more for science than science has done for the steam engine.
I can't say that my disability has helped my work, but it has allowed me to concentrate on research without having to lecture or sit on boring committees.
New developments in weapon systems during the 1950s and early 1960s created a situation that was most dangerous, and even conducive to accidental war.
To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like.
Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials. Using modernist techniques, you get more control, and that allows you to be more artistic, not less!
It is not humanly possible to gather immediately from it what the logic of language is. Language disguises thought.
