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Arthur C. Clarke Quotes

Arthur C. Clarke quotes

English Writer December 16, 1917 – March 19, 2008

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Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistence of Zeus or Thor, but they have few followers now. Arthur C. Clarke
We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20? Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke quote: "if one had to think about every footstep one took, ordinary..."
...if one had to think about every footstep one took, ordinary walking would be impossible. Arthur C. Clarke
At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved - if it can be achieved at all - within the next few hundred years. Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke quote: "I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be..."
I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself. Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke quote: "How inappropriate to call this planet "Earth," when it is..."
How inappropriate to call this planet "Earth," when it is clearly "Ocean. Arthur C. Clarke
The confrontation lasted about five minutes; then the display died out as quickly as it had begun, and everyone drank his fill of the muddy water. Honor had been satisfied; each group had staked its claim to its own territory. Arthur C. Clarke
The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium. Arthur C. Clarke
He left the unspoken question hanging in the air. How did one annoy a two- kilometre-long black rectangular slab? And just what form would its disapproval take Arthur C. Clarke
...science fiction is something that could happen - but usually you wouldn't want it to. Fantasy is something that couldn't happen - though often you only wish that it could. Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke quote: "Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating..."
Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests. Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke quote: "I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are..."
I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about. Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke quote: "Overhead, and without any fuss, the stars were going out."
Overhead, and without any fuss, the stars were going out. Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke quote: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from..."
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke quote: "Humor was the enemy of desire."
Humor was the enemy of desire. Arthur C. Clarke

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