Quotes from Fred Hoyle

The notion that not only the biopolymer but the operating program of a living cell could be arrived at by chance in a primordial organic soup here on the Earth is evidently nonsense of a high order.

Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from the outside, is available... a new idea as powerful as any in history will be let loose.

We know that the difference between a heliocentric theory and a geocentric theory is one of relative motion only, and that such a difference has no physical significance. [Astronomy and Cosmology - A Modern Course. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman & Co]

Damn queer," he announced. "But lots of things damn queer. Damn queer that Moon looks just same size as Sum. Damn queer that I'm here, isn't it so?

Damn queer," he announced. "But lots of things damn queer. Damn queer that Moon looks just same size as Sun. Damn queer that I'm here, isn't it so?

Belief is a poor substitute for certain knowledge.

Küçücük bir dünyada büyük insanlar olarak kalmak m? istiyoruz, yoksa uçsuz bucaks?z bir dünyada küçük insanlar olmak m??

I don't see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible.

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

The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.

It is in the world of ideas and in the relation of his brain to the universe itself that the superiority of Man lies. The rise of Man may justly be described as an adventure in ideas.

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

Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way.

It seems to be a characteristic of all great work that it creators wear a cloak of imprecision.

The notion that not only the biopolymer but the operating program of a living cell could be arrived at by chance in a primordial organic soup here on the Earth is evidently nonsense of a high order.

Once a photograph of the Earth, taken from outside, is available, we shall, in an emotional sense, acquire an additional dimension.