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title: "Great Science fiction Sayings"
description: "Browse 2,584 Science fiction quotes by 1,260 authors. Discover the best Science fiction sayings and thoughts."
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> [“The great thing about growing up with science fiction is that you have an interest in everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-great-thing-about-growing-up-with-science-fiction-is-that-you/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [Horror is a part of science fiction. It belongs in the definition of sci-fi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-hammer/horror-is-a-part-of-science-fiction-it-belongs-in-the-definition-of/)

[Bonnie Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-hammer/)

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> [Science always interested me, and science, real science, was more science fiction than science fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynn-hershman-leeson/science-always-interested-me-and-science-real-science-was-more/)

[Lynn Hershman Leeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynn-hershman-leeson/)

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> [“Sometimes the most effective idea was just so simple that nobody could slow down their brain enough to think it up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-curtis-venture/sometimes-the-most-effective-idea-was-just-so-simple-that-nobody/)

R. Curtis Venture

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> [“Two encounters in the deepest space. The first terrifying enough; the second far too terrifying for those involved.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-suddain/two-encounters-in-the-deepest-space-the-first-terrifying-enough-the/)

[Matt Suddain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-suddain/)

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> [I read recipes the same way I read science fiction. I get to the end and I think, Well, thats not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uknown/i-read-recipes-the-same-way-i-read-science-fiction-i-get-to-the-end-2/)

Uknown

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> [“But eggshells were made to be broken, and slamming into a 100-story skyscraper at the speed of light would likely do the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maureen-a-miller/but-eggshells-were-made-to-be-broken-and-slamming-into-a-100-story/)

[Maureen A. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maureen-a-miller/)

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> [“That's all science fiction was ever about. Hating the way things are, wanting to make things different.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/that-s-all-science-fiction-was-ever-about-hating-the-way-things-are/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [I read everything. When I say everything, I read everything: children's literature, Y.A., science fiction, fantasy, romance - I read it all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesmyn-ward/i-read-everything-when-i-say-everything-i-read-everything-children-s/)

[Jesmyn Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesmyn-ward/)

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> [When I tried to get 'Stargate' made, I took it to every studio in Hollywood and every studio said, 'Sci-fi is dead.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-devlin/when-i-tried-to-get-stargate-made-i-took-it-to-every-studio-in/)

[Dean Devlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-devlin/)

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> [New technologies are rapidly giving rise to unprecedented methods of warfare. Innovations that yesterday were science fiction could cause catastrophe tomorrow, including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maurer/new-technologies-are-rapidly-giving-rise-to-unprecedented-methods-of/)

[Peter Maurer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-maurer/)

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> [I started in this racket in the early '70s, and when I was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/i-started-in-this-racket-in-the-early-70s-and-when-i-was-president-of/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

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> [By the time I was in my teens, I was reading science fiction. I had this maternal uncle who had cartons of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twinkle-khanna/by-the-time-i-was-in-my-teens-i-was-reading-science-fiction-i-had/)

[Twinkle Khanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twinkle-khanna/)

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> [“A mix of revenge, sadness and anger funnels into a decision that’s so simple and neat, it could fit in my pocket.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-clark/a-mix-of-revenge-sadness-and-anger-funnels-into-a-decision-that-s-so/)

[Georgia Clark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-clark/)

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> [“Avery slides on his glasses and opens his eyes again. “Dammit!” he says again with more feeling. “Why does stuff like this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-kreitzer/avery-slides-on-his-glasses-and-opens-his-eyes-again-dammit-he-says/)

[Laura Kreitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-kreitzer/)

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> [“Perhaps Mozart’s Requiem would be fitting music for the end of the world. She began to hum Dies Irae, recalling its first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-kirwan/perhaps-mozart-s-requiem-would-be-fitting-music-for-the-end-of-the/)

[Barry Kirwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-kirwan/)

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> [And we should keep our minds open, or at least ajar, to concepts on the fringe of science fiction. Flaky American futurologists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/and-we-should-keep-our-minds-open-or-at-least-ajar-to-concepts-on-the/)

[Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/)

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> [“People gravitated here for the open air, the prolific intoxicants and the visual treats. They made the deals here that were later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-s-jennsen/people-gravitated-here-for-the-open-air-the-prolific-intoxicants-and/)

[G.S. Jennsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-s-jennsen/)

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> [“Reality is incredibly larger, infinitely more exciting, than the flesh and blood vehicle we travel in here. If you read science fiction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-roddenberry/reality-is-incredibly-larger-infinitely-more-exciting-than-the-flesh/)

[Gene Roddenberry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-roddenberry/)

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> [“It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-cline/it-suddenly-occurred-to-me-just-how-absurd-this-scene-was-a-guy/)

[Ernest Cline](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-cline/)

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> [I grew up a really nerdy kid. I read science fiction and fantasy voraciously, for the first 16 years of my life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-spaihts/i-grew-up-a-really-nerdy-kid-i-read-science-fiction-and-fantasy/)

[Jon Spaihts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-spaihts/)

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> [It's been suggested that most women fail to write significantly because the female mind is viscerotonic, and occupied almost exclusively with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-bester/it-s-been-suggested-that-most-women-fail-to-write-significantly/)

[Alfred Bester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-bester/)

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> [“When I look back now, I realize what a trial I must have been to my friends and relatives. It was one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/when-i-look-back-now-i-realize-what-a-trial-i-must-have-been-to-my/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [“Intense sunlight rained down on a half-submerged city. Waves crashed between buildings that stood like waterlogged tombstones. Skyscrapers of smashed glass and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kev-heritage/intense-sunlight-rained-down-on-a-half-submerged-city-waves-crashed/)

Kev Heritage

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> [“Beef had hit $300 a kilo. Not that he could recall the last time he’d tasted real beef.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-kirwan/beef-had-hit-300-a-kilo-not-that-he-could-recall-the-last-time-he-d/)

[Barry Kirwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-kirwan/)

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> [I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-busch/i-love-thrillers-i-would-even-read-certain-science-fiction-although-i/)

[Frederick Busch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-busch/)

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> [In high school and college, I started to read more and write science fiction myself. I was fully engaged in writing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liu-cixin/in-high-school-and-college-i-started-to-read-more-and-write-science/)

[Liu Cixin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liu-cixin/)

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> [But Roy Rockwood, it was science fiction for the sake of science fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-vance/but-roy-rockwood-it-was-science-fiction-for-the-sake-of-science/)

[Jack Vance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-vance/)

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> [I love the fact that it's not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general, and science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rene-auberjonois/i-love-the-fact-that-it-s-not-only-about-star-trek-but-about-science/)

[Rene Auberjonois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rene-auberjonois/)

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> [“Despite what your science fiction writers dream, we simply don't have the technology”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephenie-meyer/despite-what-your-science-fiction-writers-dream-we-simply-don-t-have/)

[Stephenie Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephenie-meyer/)

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> [“Now, this was a combination that she wouldn’t dare to dream of, even in her worst nightmare.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-barmanbek/now-this-was-a-combination-that-she-wouldn-t-dare-to-dream-of-even-in/)

[B. Barmanbek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-barmanbek/)

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> [Science fiction writers missed the most salient feature of our modern era: the Internet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-mcdevitt/science-fiction-writers-missed-the-most-salient-feature-of-our-modern/)

[Jack McDevitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-mcdevitt/)

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> [“That was a double negative, Jemail. By saying that you haven’t seen nobody, you’re actually saying that you have seen somebody.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-monroe/that-was-a-double-negative-jemail-by-saying-that-you-haven-t-seen/)

[Michael Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-monroe/)

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> [“Life is a negotiation. we all want. we all give to get what we want.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mordin-solus/life-is-a-negotiation-we-all-want-we-all-give-to-get-what-we-want/)

Mordin Solus

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> [“And suddenly, the earth was an alien place, and she a voyager without sure destination.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodgers-clemens/and-suddenly-the-earth-was-an-alien-place-and-she-a-voyager-without/)

Rodgers Clemens

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> [My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-aldiss/my-briefest-ever-definition-of-science-fiction-is-hubris-clobbered-by/)

[Brian Aldiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-aldiss/)

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> [I started out writing much more science fictiony stuff and writing about science fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/i-started-out-writing-much-more-science-fictiony-stuff-and-writing/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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> [Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-c-clarke/politicians-should-read-science-fiction-not-westerns-and-detective/)

[Arthur C. Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-c-clarke/)

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> [Science fiction is about what could be but isn't; fantasy is about what couldn't be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-scott-card/science-fiction-is-about-what-could-be-but-isn-t-fantasy-is-about/)

[Orson Scott Card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-scott-card/)

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> [A good friend is someone who gets ya drunk and then walks ya home afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-monroe/a-good-friend-is-someone-who-gets-ya-drunk-and-then-walks-ya-home/)

[Michael Monroe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-monroe/)

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