Quotes of: Life-science Keyword

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

Michael Sheen

Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that's what a lot of them think science fiction is.

Octavia E. Butler

Doing science fiction at a high level is tricky. It's really tricky.

Ridley Scott

I am a science fiction enthusiast, really, deep down.

Ridley Scott

I think you can get away with being a bit more political in science fiction.

Rupert Sanders

I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century.

Sebastian Arcelus

Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.

Sally Ride

The only people who have the long view are some scientists and some science fiction writers.

Sheri S. Tepper

I was a very keen reader of science fiction.

Terry Pratchett

If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.

Ursula K. Le Guin

There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.

William Kirby

I was always attracted to science fiction movies.

Tina Turner

A totalitarian society which succeeded in perpetuating itself would probably set us a schizophrenic system of thought, in which the laws of common sense held good in everyday life and in certain exact sciences, but could be disregarded by the politic...

Books v. Cigarettes

I decided that life rationally considered seemed pointless and futile, but it is still interesting in a variety of ways, including the study of science. So why not carry on, following the path of scientific hedonism? Besides, I did not have the coura...

Life of a Scientist: An Autobiographical Account of the Development of Molecular Orbital Theory

Whilst it may be our species greatest achievement, responsible for every technological advance we have or ever will make, science is also poop and sex and boogers.

What's in Your Genes?: From the Color of Your Eyes to the Length of Your Life, a Revealing Look at Your Genetic Traits

I spent most of my teen years trying to figure out the rules of life, theories for why things happened, why people behaved as they did, and mostly I came to the conclusion that either there were no rules, or the rules sucked. Reading science fiction ...

Robin Wasserman

Man’s collective mastery of nature— even if we could ignore the mounting evidence that this too is largely an illusion— can hardly be expected to confer a sense of confidence and well- being when it coexists with centralizing forces that have d...

Christopher Lasch

Living a horror movie cliché, so to speak?” Caleb softly replied. “I know this is hard to comprehend, especially since we study science and things that are proven or explainable. But, all my life I’ve been on the road to this very place.” He...

Davee Jones

At the heart of science is an essential balance between two seemingly contradictory attitudes--an openness to new ideas, no matter how bizarre or counterintuitive they may be, and the most ruthless skeptical scrutiny of all ideas, old and new. This i...

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come?

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

[T]he downside of skepticism: it can easily turn into an arrogant position of a priori rejection of any new phenomenon or idea, a position that is as lacking in critical thinking as the one of the true believer, and that simply does not help either s...

Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk