"Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!" - Honore de BalzacTweet
"Anthropology was the science that gave her the platform from which she surveyed, scolded and beamed at the world." - Jane HowardTweet
"The science linking the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather to the climate crisis has matured tremendously in the last couple of years." - Al GoreTweet
"Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world." - Julie BishopTweet
"Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into his destiny' shares a common theme. When I read it for the first time, I felt like I had learned another language, mastered a new culture, adopted a new religion." - Gary RossTweet
"It is this, at its most basic, that makes science a humane pursuit it acknowledges the commonality of people's experience." - John Charles PolanyiTweet
"The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us." - Paul ValeryTweet
"When I was a kid, I loved 'The Curse of Frankenstein,' 'The Creeping Unknown,' 'X: The Unknown.' I love 'Forbidden Planet,' 'The Thing from Another World.' They were science fiction/horror movies, generally." - John CarpenterTweet