976 private quotes tagged science

“I'm not being evasive but I am saying I'm not a scientist and I'm not directly involved in the consultation however the science must be sound, it must be agreed and the consultation must be of a high quality or no one will have any confidence in the process.” — John Anderson

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“Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.” — James D. Watson

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“I sort of feel that climate change will be solved by science. I just feel instinctively that we will find a way of saving ourselves. But I am less confident that we won't destroy ourselves in other ways.” — Richard Eyre

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“I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.” — James D. Watson

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“Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.” — Alan Perlis

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“There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives.” — David Brin

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“Global Warming: It is a hoax. It is bad science. It is high-jacking public policy. It is the greatest scam in history.” — John Coleman

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“I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.” — Yancy Butler

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

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“Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.” — Tony Snow

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“It is often said that science must avoid any conclusions which smack of the supernatural.” — Michael Behe

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“The theory of undirected evolution is already dead, but the work of science continues.” — Michael Behe

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“The thing about science is that it's an accurate picture of the world.” — Jonathan Miller

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“Science is not a game in which arbitrary rules are used to decide what explanations are to be permitted.” — Michael Behe

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“In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.” — Dean Inge

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“Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.” — James D. Watson

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“We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science.” — James D. Watson

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“I have to do more close research and fact checking for the science fiction. This is not however to say that writing good fantasy does not involve doing good research.” — Sarah Zettel

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“I'm not a great science fiction fan myself. I probably feel that way about Westerns. Like I used to play Cowboys and Indians, they can act out Will and the Robot.” — Mark Goddard

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“Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.” — David Brin

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“Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam... and I'm not happy to be right in all of those cases.” — David Brin

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“Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin.” — Marcus V. Pollio

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“We must be willing to pay inspiring math and science teachers, who have high paying alternatives in industry, more to teach and reward students who take more challenging courses in high school.” — Mark Kennedy

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“But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.” — Jack Vance

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“Questions have arisen about the policing of science. Who is responsible for the policing? My answer is: all of us.” — Serge Lang

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