I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science.

I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However science used to be much less specialized.

I think if I'm going to do a science fiction I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do.

People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite just many people doing things that build on eachother like a wall of mini stones.

One of the things that ultimately led me to leave mathematics and go into political science was thinking I could prevent nuclear war.

The rise of Google the rise of Facebook the rise of Apple I think are proof that there is a place for computer science as something that solves problems that people face every day.

I think computer science by and large is still stuck in the Modern age.

'Rocket Science' is really where I fell in love with filmmaking I think 'Camp' was incredible but it was so bizarre and I was trying to find my footing in this world where you don't have an audience for immediate validation.

Traditional academic science describes human beings as highly developed animals and biological thinking machines. We appear to be Newtonian objects made of atoms molecules cells tissues and organs.

Learn about the world the way it works any kind of science and anthropology it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea even more than the idea of God I think.

When people think about computer science they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.

I don't think there's a date minimum or maximum. I don't get the whole 'All right you've got to wait three days to call after the date.' If I got a number from a girl I'd call that night. There's no science to it for me. You just do what it is that you feel like doing.

I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them.

The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.

I didn't mind studying. Obviously math and the physical science subjects interested me more than some of the more artistic subjects but I think I was a pretty good student.

We're as clever as we think we are but we'll be a lot cleverer when we learn to use not just one brain but to pool huge numbers of brains. We're at a level technologically where we can share information and think collectively about our problems. We do it in science all the time - there's no reason why we can't do it in other endeavors.

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages or we remain mute.

What I like about sceptics is that in good science you need critics that make you think: 'Crumbs have I made a mistake here?' If you don't have that continuously you really are up the creek. The good sceptics have done a good service but some of the mad ones I think have not done anyone any favours.

I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.

I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology and we should resist the temptation which sometimes scientists give in to to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science.

The most watched programme on the BBC after the news is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe.

I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder or at least my biggest blunder in science.

This world after all our science and sciences is still a miracle wonderful inscrutable magical and more to whosoever will think of it.

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.