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It is this conception of the unity of the human career which is perhaps the greatest achievement of historical study, since it gained a place analogous to that of natural science.

Quotes by James Henry Breasted

The man of science, like the man of letters, is too apt to view mankind only in the abstract, selecting in his consideration only a single side of our complex and many-sided being.

Quotes by James G. Frazer

I take the view that we all have permission to be a little baffled by quantum information science and algorithmic information theory.

Quotes by James Gleick

The Fifties and Sixties were years of unreal optimism about weather forecasting. Newspapers and magazines were filled with hope for weather science, not just for prediction but for modification and control. Two technologies were maturing together: the digital computer and...

Quotes by James Gleick

Science fiction literature's focus is on ideas, the concept of change, and the impact on humanity. Those concepts are hard to capture on film. They work better in the mind.

Quotes by James Gunn

Science fiction writers aren't in the prediction business; they're in the speculation business, using 'hasn't happened' or 'hasn't happened yet' to create entertaining scenarios that may or may not anticipate future realities.

Quotes by James Gunn

Science fiction always has had strains of pessimism and optimism weaving through its historical development, sometimes one dominating and then the other, usually depending on the state of the world.

Quotes by James Gunn

The popularity of fantasy surpassing science fiction and the popularity of apocalyptic fiction, particularly for young adults, may indicate a desire to escape a more difficult and confusing reality, even in astrophysics and particle physics.

Quotes by James Gunn

I've always believed in the power of rational thinking and behavior as the savior of the world, and science fiction as a powerful medium to encourage that, which explains my signature line, 'Let's save the world through science fiction.'

Quotes by James Gunn

By isolating the issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, climate change, environment, governance, economics, catastrophe and whatever other problems the present embodies or the future may bring, science fiction can do what Dickens and Sinclair did: make real the consequences...

Quotes by James Gunn

That certainly is one approach to take. My own is to acknowledge the inner child and try to work with my first fascination with science fiction. I have tried to build on its idea content and narrative drive rather than...

Quotes by James E. Gunn

In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology, what readers want to see is how people cope, and so the character are present to cope, or...

Quotes by James E. Gunn

Science moves with the spirit of an adventure characterized both by youthful arrogance and by the belief that the truth, once found, would be simple as well as pretty.

Quotes by James D. Watson

Take young researchers, put them together in virtual seclusion, give them an unprecedented degree of freedom and turn up the pressure by fostering competitiveness.

Quotes by James D. Watson

I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.

Quotes by James D. Watson

The ever quickening advances of science made possible by the success of the Human Genome Project will also soon let us see the essences of mental disease. Only after we understand them at the genetic level can we rationally seek...

Quotes by James D. Watson

We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science.

Quotes by James D. Watson

Science has always been my preoccupation and when you think a breakthrough is possible, it is terribly exciting.

Quotes by James D. Watson

I had read tons of science fiction. I was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it was not fantasy in the sense of pure escapism.

Quotes by James Cameron

I read 'The Hobbit' when I was twenty and first reading modern science fiction and fantasy. I followed it up with 'The Lord of the Rings,' which I still reread from time to time, but of the lot of it,...

Quotes by James Blaylock

Frequently Asked Questions

What sparked an early interest in science for one speaker?
One quote fondly recalls childhood curiosity, noting "I was, from early on, interested in science," crediting parents who were "very obliging about that," including trips to "the museum of natural history."
Is there a quote about the elegance of mathematics?
Yes - one quote reflects on why math feels so satisfying compared to other sciences: "We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions." For more brain-teasing content, see our Riddles page.
Does the collection touch on science fiction?
One quote shares an enthusiasm for the genre, mentioning "science fiction and physics, things like that," along with musings on "Planets being sucked into black holes." For lighter science content, see our Jokes collection.
Is there a funny quote about the realities of scientific progress?
Yes - one quote wryly sums it up: "We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming." For more offbeat quotes, see our Animal collection.
What's the overall feel of this science collection?
It blends genuine curiosity and appreciation for science with a bit of humor about its practical, bureaucratic side. Explore more in our Doctor collection.

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