Ben Bova Quotes
- In science there is a dictum: don't add an experiment to an experiment. Don't make things unnecessarily complicated. In writing fiction, the more fantastic the…
- The Old Ones knew that life is not rare, but precious; not fragile, but vulnerable. Life is as deep as the seas in which it…
- Red tape has killed more people than bullets...
- As long as we're tied to Middle Eastern oil we're tied to Middle Eastern politics. We're hostages to the terrorists and nutcases who want to…
- My first published novel was written for teenagers, and there were rules laid down by the publisher: no sex, no smoking, no swearing. I blew…
- When I started understanding how science works, it occurred to me that there just is no evidence that there is a God.
- Feeding the starving poor only increases their number.
- Omni is not a science magazine. It is a magazine about the future...Omni was sui generis. Although there were plenty of science magazines over the…
- Don't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story.
- A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not [about] political prestige or military power.…
- A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not about political prestige or military power.…