This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
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Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.Arthur C. Clarke
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.
Arthur C. Clarke
The realisation that our small planet is only one of many worlds gives mankind the perspective it needs to realise sooner that our own world belongs to all its creatures.
Arthur C. Clarke
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
Arthur C. Clarke
But the only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
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