Fred Hoyle Quotes

“Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.”

“Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.”

“It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes not from example.”

“When in doubt win the trick.”

“There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.”

“I am an atheist, but as far as blowing up the world in a nuclear war goes, I tell them not to worry.”

“If Hitch were a person, he'd be Mother Theresa or Gandhi or someone who treated all living creatures with the respect they deserve. It's depressing how my dog is a better human being than I am.”

“Some people see the liquid and thing half full. Others only see the air and think half empty. Sometimes I get the sense Chatham sees it all, which is kind of terrifying. I don't know if I want him to see me--the real me.”

“There’s a fine line between child-like – learning as a child does, the natural way we learn most stuff – and being child-ish.”

“If you don’t use your new knowledge and skills within a relatively short space of time, then it may have been better never to have had the tantalising prospect of change for the better placed in front of you.”