Ben Bova Quotes

Feeding the starving poor only increases their number.
BEN BOVA

Increase Numbers
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. This new race involves the whole human species in a contest against time.
BEN BOVA

Military
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 years…Omni was the first magazine to slant all its pieces toward the future. It was fun to read and gorgeous to look at.
BEN BOVA

Looks Magazine Years
The problem is that Americans would like to be independent of the rest of the world … Except the world ain’t that way. Trying to be independent of the rest of the world is to commit suicide.

BEN BOVA

The problem is that Americans would like to be independent of the rest of the world … Except the world ain’t that way. Trying to be independent of the rest of the world is to commit suicide.
BEN BOVA

Independent
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 was born, as strong as the mountains that give it shelter, as universal as the stars themselves.

BEN BOVA

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 was born, as strong as the mountains that give it shelter, as universal as the stars themselves.
BEN BOVA
Red tape has killed more people than bullets.

BEN BOVA

Red tape has killed more people than bullets.
BEN BOVA

Bullet Tape
Don’t ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story.

BEN BOVA

Don’t ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story.
BEN BOVA

Stories
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 up entire solar systems, I consigned billions of people to horrible death; they didn’t seem to mind that at all. But no hanky-panky.
BEN BOVA
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 wipe out Israel and the United States because we support Israel.

BEN BOVA

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 wipe out Israel and the United States because we support Israel.
BEN BOVA

Eastern Middle
When I started understanding how science works, it occurred to me that there just is no evidence that there is a God.

BEN BOVA

When I started understanding how science works, it occurred to me that there just is no evidence that there is a God.
BEN BOVA

Working

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