“You haven’t very much respect for my profession, have you, Professor Kingsley?” “Since it is you who wish… — Fred Hoyle
“You haven’t very much respect for my profession, have you, Professor Kingsley?”
“Since it is you who wish for frankness, I will tell you that I have not. I regard politicians rather as I regard the instruments on the dashboard of my car. They tell me what is going on in the engine of state, but they don’t control it.”
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