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Science

Ive always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic. – Dan Aykroyd

Im really convinced that our descendants a century or two from now will look back at us with the same pity that we have toward the people in the field of science two centuries ago. – John Templeton

Though we do need more women to graduate with technical degrees, I always like to remind women that you dont need to have science or technology degrees to build a career in tech. – Susan Wojcicki

Cosmologists have attempted to account for the day-to-day laws you find in textbooks in terms of fundamental superlaws, but the superlaws themselves must still be accepted as brute facts. So maybe the ultimate laws of nature will always be off-limits to science. – Paul Davies

Traditionally, scientists have treated the laws of physics as simply given, elegant mathematical relationships that were somehow imprinted on the universe at its birth, and fixed thereafter. Inquiry into the origin and nature of the laws was not regarded as a proper part of science. – Paul Davies

The birth of science as we know it arguably began with Isaac Newtons formulation of the laws of gravitation and motion. It is no exaggeration to say that physics was reborn in the early 20th-century with the twin revolutions of quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity. – Paul Davies

I got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing papers about cutting-edge technical research and getting paid for it. Then Id go home at night and turn what I learned into science fiction stories. – Kevin J. Anderson

Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. Its something you really need to read in your lifetime. If youre going to read The Lord of the Rings, which everyone should, then you have to read Dune, too. – Kevin J. Anderson

The thing that interests me least about the radio business is the radio business. But Ive had to learn a little bit about it. Its not rocket science: You get ratings, thats good. – Al Franken

And I thought I would just share with you what science says today about silicone breast implants. If you have them, youre healthier than if you dont. In fact, theres no science that shows that silicone breast implants are detrimental and, in fact, they make you healthier. – Tom Coburn

I hope Ive lived a life of science whose style will encourage younger people. – Joshua Lederberg

Id like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science. – Joshua Lederberg

Im chairing a UNESCO committee on how to improve global Internet communications for science help third-world people get onto the Net so they can be part of the process. – Joshua Lederberg

Music is not math. Its science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion. – Bruno Mars

Usually, girls werent encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing and motivated me to continue studying it in college. – Ellen Ochoa

As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being a scientist and never thought Id be writing novels. – Daniel H. Wilson

I dont dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen. – Lukas Foss

Todays recording techniques would have been regarded as science fiction forty years ago. – Tony Visconti

A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isnt healthy either. So one has to work it out according to ones own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things. – Clyde Tombaugh

Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesnt fit the findings of science. – Clyde Tombaugh