Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction – namely, complete isolation from other humans for 10,000 years. – Jared Diamond
He that desireth to acquire any art or science seeketh first those means by which that art or science is obtained. If we ought to do so in things natural and earthly, how much more then in spiritual? – Robert Barclay
It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat. – Mary Douglas
Evolutionary naturalism takes the inherent limitations of science and turns them into a devastating philosophical weapon: because science is our only real way of knowing anything, what science cannot know cannot be real. – Phillip E. Johnson
In general, science journalism concerns itself with what has been published in a handful of peer-reviewed journals – Nature, Cell, The New England Journal of Medicine – which set the agenda. – Michael Pollan
The big journals and Nobel laureates are the equivalent of Congressional leaders in science journalism. – Michael Pollan
And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art. – John B. S. Haldane
Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities. – Iain Banks
My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is. – Iain Banks
But because we live in an age of science, we have a preoccupation with corroborating our myths. – Michael Shermer
Sound science must be our guide in choosing which problems to tackle and how to approach them. – Frank Luntz
When I got my PhD, it was a time when there were just no jobs for PhDs. Period. PhDs were getting the lowest paid technician jobs, if they were lucky, in any kind of science. – Shannon Lucid
Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science – in all of biology. – Ray Comfort
Science is a wonderful discipline, to which we are deeply indebted. – Ray Comfort
Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic. – Brit Marling
Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists. – Roland Joffe
I hope every woman out there who wants to be a mother and is suffering with infertility, will explore all the options and know that if you choose the science route, it is okay. – Cindy Margolis
Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction. – Rudy Rucker
I would love to photograph Stephen Hawking. I am just fascinated by science, I really am. – Helena Christensen
Science goes from question to question big questions, and little, tentative answers. The questions as they age grow ever broader, the answers are seen to be more limited. – George Wald
