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
Im still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive. – Brit Marling
I feel like Im a much better person when Im developing my imagination and my innocence and my vulnerability. I like that version of me better than the version where Im just working on my analytical mind. – Brit Marling
As an actor, you have an accumulated knowledge base. But theres also something about it that every time you really feel like youre doing it for the first time you have no idea whether youre capable of it. – Brit Marling
Todays preoccupation with physical theories of everything takes a wrong turn from the purpose of science – to question all things relentlessly. Modern physics has become like Swifts kingdom of Laputa, flying absurdly on an island above the earth and indifferent to what is beneath. – Robert Lanza
Washingtons answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The fiscal cliff process was secretive and sloppy, and the nations so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt. – Ron Fournier