Quotes of: Science-fiction Keyword

As a historian, I found myself all too often treating my historical subjects like fictional characters, malleable entities that could be made to do one thing or another, whose motivations could be speculated upon endlessly, and whose missing actions ...

Lauren Willig

You know, one of the interesting things you find about writing fiction is that any fiction you write has to be political. Otherwise, it goes into the realm of fantasy. So like, if you write about a woman in America in 1910, if you don’t write that ...

Walter Mosley

Leonardo Da Vinci combined art and science and aesthetics and engineering, that kind of unity is needed once again.

Ben Shneiderman

Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.

Gregory Bateson

Calculus was not math. It was a fucking science experiment gone wrong.

Just for Now

…nature as a whole was an exceptionally fine illustration of science.

Life of Pi

In science ... "discovery" can mean finding a guppy with an extra spine in its dorsal fin.

Thomas Hayden

True writing is not an art or science but it's an anthem to preach own soul

Kunal Jajal

Mysticism is colourful and alluring, but if you are after the truth, science is the best path!

Mehmet Murat ildan

Science always has its origin in the adaptation of thought to some definite field of experience.

Ernst Mach

My passion for innovation and my interest in the 'business of science' has seen Biocon commercialize many innovative platforms and products.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

In science, it is rare that a transformational change occurs during our lifetimes.

Dimitar Sasselov

Science can improve lives in ways that are elegant in design and moving in practice.

Harold E. Varmus

It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue.

Charles Babbage

It's very satisfying to promote science and education and see good results. Setting a good example for young people, being a role model, is very important for me.

Yuan T. Lee

There is some truth to the idea that, in the fields of science, individual contributions of great significance are possible.

Charles Hard Townes

By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.

E. O. Wilson

In general, the public knowledge base and thus decision-making behaviors are far more influenced by advertisement than with current science.

David Perlmutter

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

Will Durant

Facts, and facts alone, are the foundation of science... When one devotes oneself to experimental research it is in order to augment the sum of known facts, or to discover their mutual relations.

François Magendie

The very foundation of science is to keep the door open to doubt.

Carlo Rovelli