Paul Davies Quotes
There is for me powerful evidence that there is something going on behind it all. . . It seems as though somebody has fine tuned nature's numbers to make the Universe. . . The impression of design is overwhelming.Paul Davies
Quotes to Explore
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I firmly believe that the Constitution is the most powerful challenge to illiberal tendencies. If the Constitution is followed in letter and spirit and if the laws are made in the spirit in which Constitution was made, liberties can indeed be protected.
Palaniappan Chidambaram -
I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.
Walter Mosley -
Since Mashable's inception, some of our most popular articles have focused on the science behind the world's coolest innovations.
Adam Ostrow -
The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
Sam Wyly -
Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet.
Jack McDevitt -
Technology is incredibly powerful. And in many ways, the sky is the limit in terms of what you can actually accomplish with the right science and the right technology. But to get there, you have to actually invest in R&D. And often that means you have to be willing to spend an awful lot in that R&D phase before you see the benefits.
Ramez Naam
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When it comes down to it, the reason that science fiction endures is that it is, at its core, an optimistic genre. What it says at the end of the day is that there is a tomorrow, we do go on, we don't extinguish ourselves and leave the planet to the cockroaches.
J. Michael Straczynski -
When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.
Narciso Rodriguez -
People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.
Calvin Klein -
Women who write thrillers are called 'dark.' Male writers are called 'powerful.'
Karin Slaughter -
There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.
Oscar Niemeyer -
Writing for the theatre is so different to writing for anything else. Because what you write is eventually going to be spoken. That's why I think so many really powerful novelists can't write a play - because they don't understand that it's spoken - that it hits the air. They don't get that.
Sam Shepard
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China is a main energy consumer and, therefore, is also a big greenhouse gas emitter. We must use energy resources rationally and must conserve. This needs us to adjust our economic structure, transform the mode of development, to make economic development more dependent on progress of science and technology and the quality of the work force.
Wen Jiabao -
Back when the concept of organ transplants qualified as science fiction, novelist Maurice Renard wrote a thriller called 'Les Mains d'Orlac.' Call it a bastard offspring of 'Frankenstein;' its plot revolved around the old theme of Science Giving Us Stuff We Shouldn't Have - in this particular case, restoring severed body parts.
Kage Baker -
It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations.
Frederik Pohl -
I have been fully involved in designing my stage shows; it's important to me to do something really unique and almost off-the-wall to bring the music and the visuals together. I love design and actually went to school for a bit for graphic design, so it isn't so much 'pressure' for me; it's a way to be creative, and I really enjoy it.
Nick van de Wall -
I played lots of games, and I was a fan of gaming, so I was always looking for new games. I was also a science fiction and fantasy fan, growing up, in games and books and movies.
Duncan Jones -
One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war.
Paul Wolfowitz
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We design our world, while our world acts back on us and designs us.
Anne-Marie Willis -
I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
Victor Hugo -
David James Elliott and I keep in touch via phone.
Patrick Labyorteaux -
People would ask me why I was doing what I was doing – but I always told them that I just loved to skate. There was no other explanation.
Nancy Kerrigan -
There is for me powerful evidence that there is something going on behind it all. . . It seems as though somebody has fine tuned nature's numbers to make the Universe. . . The impression of design is overwhelming.
Paul Davies