A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
Iain Banks
Mothers, unless they were very poor, didn't work. Both of my parents had to leave education. My mother had to work in a cotton mill until 18 or... →
Roger Bannister
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... →
Robert Barclay
Further, science is a collaborative effort.
John Bardeen
Science is a field which grows continuously with ever expanding frontiers.
It seems to me that the Swedish Academy of Science may be qualifying for the Nobel Peace Prize. It recognises no nationality; it discourages unworthy... →
Charles Glover Barkla
Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.
P. T. Barnum
Human relations are built on feeling, not on reason or knowledge. And feeling is not an exact science; like all spiritual qualities, it has the... →
Amelia Barr
There was no 'before' the beginning of our universe, because once upon a time there was no time.
John D. Barrow
You know, every year 'Torchwood' has become something a little different than it was before. It's still sci-fi, but it doesn't just... →
John Barrowman