Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof.
Ashley Montagu
The doctor has been taught to be interested not in health but in disease. What the public is taught is that health is the cure for disease.
We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.
Maria Montessori
I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting.
Elizabeth Moon
It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where the science fiction is.
My personal feeling about science fiction is that it's always in some way connected to the real world, to our everyday world.
One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.
There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person.
I'm dependent on writing for a living, so really it's to my advantage to understand how the creative process works. One of the problems is... →
Alan Moore
I think there's always been a traditionally apocalyptic side to British science fiction, from H.G. Wells onwards. I mean, most of Wells'... →