Quotes by Fred Hoyle

• Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way.
• Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards.
• 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.
• There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.
• Things are the way they are because they were the way they were.
• I don't see the logic of rejecting data just because they seem incredible.