Engineering Quote by David Brin Download Open image “Not all SF or fantasy has to inspire new scientists and engineers.” — David Brin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Engineering Engineers Fantasy Inspire New Science
Science works as a way to make sense of life and the universe. Hard SF as my preferred fictional genre just feels natural. — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
That's really what SF is all about, you know: the big reality that pervades the real world we live in: the reality of change.… — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
SF is an opportunity to have an intense relationship with your own imagination. It's a kind of drive-by poetry, trashy and addictive; it's fun.… — M. John Harrison Copy Share Image
Much of good science and perhaps all of great science has its roots in fantasy. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
A large fraction of the most interesting scientists have read a lot of SF at one time or another, either early enough that it… — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart a book is not… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
I think it's too fast to say that all sci-fi ultimately winds up having some place in science. On the other hand, imaginative minds… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
The popularity of fantasy surpassing science fiction and the popularity of apocalyptic fiction, particularly for young adults, may indicate a desire to escape a… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
Many a fine SF story uses science or technology merely as backdrop. Many a fine SF story presumes a technological breakthrough and explores its… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
Ours is the first generation that has grown up with science-fiction ideas. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
At some point, every science fiction and fantasy story must challenge the reader's experience and learning. That's much of the reason why the genre… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be cantankerous and objectionable in order to be bright; that ego is paramount over skill; that one can rise to a level from which one can tell the reader to go to hell. These myths, if… — David Brin Copy Share
“Men can be brilliant and strong, they whispered to one another. But men can be mad, as well. And the mad ones can ruin the world. Women, you must judge them . . . Never again can things be allowed to reach this pass, they said to one another as they thought of the sacrifice the Scouts had made. Never… — David Brin Copy Share
Strutting and preening is, in fact, the surest sign of an inferiority complex. — David Brin Copy Share Image
“We aren’t a curse upon the world. We are her new eyes. Her brain, testes, ovaries . . . her ambition and her heart.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego. — David Brin Copy Share Image
Historically, central planners have generally done a poor job of managing economic resources - this we've known since the time of the Pharaohs. — David Brin Copy Share Image
A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior. — David Brin Copy Share Image
Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear. — David Brin Copy Share Image
It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Tragedies such as Nevil Shute's 'On the Beach' and Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr Strangelove' are so powerful because there's an underlying assumption that this did… — David Brin Copy Share Image
In contrast, markets - oft mythologized as "natural" are the most unnatural things going. Libertarians will tell you "market laws are laws of nature",… — David Brin Copy Share Image
The bones of my architecture are very much related to the structure, to the physical fact of how a building can stand up; it's… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love. — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
Batley and Spen has a high proportion of people working in manufacturing, and we can boast the full range of industries, including high-skilled, precision… — Jo Cox Copy Share Image
Design is a very personal thing. It's like art. Your personal choice plays a big role. — Gauri Khan Copy Share Image
Worship isn't destructive, Martin. I know that. I don't. I only know it's the core of his life. What else has he got? He can hardly read. He knows no physics or engineering to make to world real for him. No paintings to show him how others have enjoyed it. No music except television jingles. No history except tales from… — Peter Shaffer Copy Share
Leave a cavity behind the [wall] facings, and on the inside build walls two feet thick, made of red dimension stone or burnt brick or lava in courses, and then bind them to the fronts by means of iron clamps and lead. The beds and builds, all settling equally and bonded at the joints, will not let the work bulge… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share
Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life,… — Walter Gropius Copy Share Image
Design certainly has a cosmetic, aesthetic aim. It always aims at making things beautiful. But relevance is just as important. I often say, 'If… — Yves Behar Copy Share Image
I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me. — Roger Spottiswoode Copy Share Image
Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be — Curtis W. Fentress Copy Share Image
