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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/religion-is-but-a-desperate-attempt-to-find-an-escape-from-the-truly-2/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

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## More by Fred Hoyle

> [“Life cannot have had a random beginning ... The trouble is that there are about 2000 enzymes, and the chance of obtaining them all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/life-cannot-have-had-a-random-beginning-the-trouble-is-that-there-are/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

> [ One \[idea\] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that the present expansion is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/one-idea-was-that-the-universe-started-its-life-a-finite-time-ago-in/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/some-super-calculating-intellect-must-have-designed-the-properties-of/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

> [The suggestion that petroleum might have arisen from some transformation of squashed fish or biological detritus is surely the silliest notion to have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/the-suggestion-that-petroleum-might-have-arisen-from-some/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/not-far-from-the-meeting-s-venue-at-one-of-the-famed-observatory-club/)

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> [Perhaps the most majestic feature of our whole existence is that while our intelligences are powerful enough to penetrate deeply into the evolution of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/perhaps-the-most-majestic-feature-of-our-whole-existence-is-that/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/hoyle-s-enduring-insights-into-stars-nucleosynthesis-and-the-large/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

> [In the popular mind, if Hoyle is remembered it is as the prime mover of the discredited Steady State theory of the universe. "Everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/in-the-popular-mind-if-hoyle-is-remembered-it-is-as-the-prime-mover/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

> [“I am an atheist, but as far as blowing up the world in a nuclear war goes, I tell them not to worry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/i-am-an-atheist-but-as-far-as-blowing-up-the-world-in-a-nuclear-war/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

> [Science is prediction, not explanation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/science-is-prediction-not-explanation/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

> [I don't see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible ... the establishment defends itself by complicating everything to the point…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/i-don-t-see-the-logic-of-rejecting-data-just-because-they-seem/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

> [Earlier theories ... were based on the hypothesis that all the matter in the universe was created in one big bang at a particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/earlier-theories-were-based-on-the-hypothesis-that-all-the-matter-in/)

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> [It seems to be a characteristic of all great work that it creators wear a cloak of imprecision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/it-seems-to-be-a-characteristic-of-all-great-work-that-it-creators/)

[Fred Hoyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-hoyle/)

> [Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/once-i-had-learnt-my-twelve-times-table-at-the-age-of-three-it-was/)

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> [The notion that not only the biopolymer but the operating program of a living cell could be arrived at by chance in a primordial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-hoyle/the-notion-that-not-only-the-biopolymer-but-the-operating-program-of/)

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