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Science Quotes
Science taken seriously, and occasionally not.
Most of these quotes come from people genuinely engaged with science, recalling museum trips that sparked early curiosity and admiring mathematics for tackling problems that actually have solutions. For quotes on scientific humor specifically, see Jokes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
We've had science fiction novels where China is dominant; we've had novels where India is dominant, and I suppose it's all about getting away from that cliched old tired idea that the future belongs to the West.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I set myself on a course to become a scientist around about the time that Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' series was on television, and there really was no going back for me at that point, and then I went on to study space science and then get my Ph.D., then go aboard and work in the European Space Agency.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I look back at many of the moments of wonder, awe, or terror that I've got from science fiction, it's often been because I've been put in the head of one of the characters.
- Furniture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am playing in a playground that's already been played in. I am always aware that a lot of the furniture in science fiction is second hand.
- Nov 07, 2020
I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always say that keeping abreast of science should never be seen as a chore. It should be something you do naturally. I don't sit there reading 'New Scientist,' putting post-it notes next to ideas.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always like Iain Banks science fiction stuff and William Gibson's cyberpunk stuff from the 1980s.
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of the time, when I get an idea that hinges on some science 'thing,' it will have been because of something I read or encountered months or years earlier rather than in the last few days.
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mother was a part of a reading group, but they would never come near science fiction because they think it's not for them.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Doctor Who' is part of my science fictional DNA. You could take it out of me, and I'd probably still have ended up being a writer, but almost certainly not the same one.
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- Nov 07, 2020