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Quotes by Fred Hoyle

“I dont see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible.”

“Space isnt remote at all. Its only an hours drive away if your car could go straight upwards.”

“Things are the way they are because they were the way they were.”

“There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I dont know what its a plan for.”

“It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes, not from example”

“Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way.”

“The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.”

I am an atheist, but as far as blowing up the world in a nuclear war goes, I tell them not to worry.

There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I dont know what its a plan for.

It is the true nature of mankind to learn from mistakes not from example.

Space isnt remote at all. Its only an hours drive away if your car could go straight upwards.