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61 " Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , 2001: A Space Odyssey
62 " As his body became more and more defenseless, so his means of offense became steadily more frightful. "
63 " Long ago the signalling had become no more than a meaningless ritual, now maintained by an animal which had forgotten to learn and a robot which had never known to forget. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , The City and the Stars
64 " It must be wonderful to be seventeen, and to know everything. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , 2010: Odyssey Two
65 " Though the man-apes often fought and wrestled one another, their disputes very seldom resulted in serious injuries. Having no claws or fighting canine teeth, and being well protected by hair, they could not inflict much harm on one another. In any event, they had little surplus energy for such unproductive behavior; snarling and threatening was a much more efficient way of asserting their points of view. "
66 " He had sometimes wondered if the real reason why men sought danger was that only thus could they find the companionship and solidarity which they unconsciously craved. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , A Fall of Moondust
67 " 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. "
68 " Western man had relearned-what the rest of the world had never forgotten-that there was nothing sinful in leisure as long as it did not degenerate into mere sloth. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , Childhood's End
69 " Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
70 " Men knew better than they realized, when they placed the abode of the gods beyond the reach of gravity. "
71 " After the struggle for sheer existence, they had no energy left for a civilization. "
72 " Michael O'Toole had no difficulty recognizing which questions in life should be answered by physics and which ones by religion. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , Rama II (Rama, #2)
73 " …mysticism –perhaps the main aberration of the human mind. "
74 " In accordance with the terms of the Clarke-Asimov treaty, the second-bestscience writer dedicates this book to the second-best science-fictionwriter.[dedication to Isaac Asimov from Arthur C. Clarke in his book Report on Planet Three] "
― Arthur C. Clarke
75 " If man can live in Manhattan, he can live anywhere. "
76 " Excessive interest in pathological behavior was itself pathological "
― Arthur C. Clarke , 3001: The Final Odyssey
77 " Many of the fundamental physical constants-which as far as one could see, God could have given any value He liked-are in fact very precised adjusted, or fine-tuned, to produce the only kind of Universe that makes our existence possible. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , Tales from Planet Earth
78 " Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence "
79 " The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. "
80 " 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. "