Tim Helton

“Once we see, however, that the probability of life originating at random is so utterly miniscule as to make it absurd, it becomes sensible to think that the favorable properties of physics on which life depends are in every respect deliberate ... . It is therefore almost inevitable that our own measure of intelligence must reflect ... higher intelligences ... even to the limit of God ... such a theory is so obvious that one wonders why it is not widely accepted as being self-evident. The reasons are psychological rather than scientific.”
― Fred Hoyle, Evolution from Space: A Theory of Cosmic Creationism

“There is a coherent plan to the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.”
― Fred Hoyle

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

“Life cannot have had a random beginning ... The trouble is that there are about 2000 enzymes, and the chance of obtaining them all in a random trial is only one part in 10^40,000, an outrageously small probability that could not be faced even if the whole universe consisted of organic soup.”
― Fred Hoyle, Evolution from Space: A Theory of Cosmic Creationism