Religion is but a desperate attempt to find an escape from the truly dreadful situation in which we find ourselves. Here we are in this wholly fantastic universe with scarcely a clue as to whether our existence has any real… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share Image
“Life cannot have had a random beginning ... The trouble is that there are about 2000 enzymes, and the chance of obtaining them all… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that the present expansion is… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
Some super-calculating intellect must have designed the properties of the carbon atom, otherwise the chance of my finding such an atom through the blind… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
The suggestion that petroleum might have arisen from some transformation of squashed fish or biological detritus is surely the silliest notion to have been… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
Not far from the meeting's venue, at one of the famed Observatory Club tea meetings, Fred once started a talk by saying, 'Oh, Ooh,… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
Perhaps the most majestic feature of our whole existence is that while our intelligences are powerful enough to penetrate deeply into the evolution of… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
Hoyle's enduring insights into stars, nucleosynthesis, and the large-scale universe rank among the greatest achievements of 20th-century astrophysics. Moreover, his theories were unfailingly stimulating,… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
In the popular mind, if Hoyle is remembered it is as the prime mover of the discredited Steady State theory of the universe. "Everybody… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
“I am an atheist, but as far as blowing up the world in a nuclear war goes, I tell them not to worry.” — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
I don't see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible ... the establishment defends itself by complicating everything to the point… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
Earlier theories ... were based on the hypothesis that all the matter in the universe was created in one big bang at a particular… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
It seems to be a characteristic of all great work that it creators wear a cloak of imprecision. — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way. — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
The notion that not only the biopolymer but the operating program of a living cell could be arrived at by chance in a primordial… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share
