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81 " I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her. "
― Arthur C. Clarke
82 " The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. "
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― Arthur C. Clarke , The Songs of Distant Earth
84 " It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , 2001: A Space Odyssey
85 " The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be. "
86 " No utopia can ever give satisfaction to everyone, all the time. As their material conditions improve, men raise their sights and become discontented with power and possessions that once would have seemed beyond their wildest dreams. And even when the external world has granted all it can, there still remain the searchings of the mind and the longings of the heart. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , Childhood's End
87 " Science is the only religion of mankind. "
88 " Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything. "
89 " I will not be afraid because I understand ... And understanding is happiness. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , Rama Revealed (Rama, #4)
90 " All human plans [are] subject to ruthless revision by Nature, or Fate, or whatever one preferred to call the powers behind the Universe. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , 2010: Odyssey Two
91 " There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded. "
92 " Behind every man now alive stand thirty ghosts, for that is the ratio by which the dead outnumber the living. "
93 " Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference; we should each be treated with appropriate respect. "
94 " Now I understand,” said the last man. "
95 " Open the pod bay doors, Hal. "
96 " Then he [The Star Child] waited, marshaling his thoughts and brooding over his still untested powers. For though he was master of the world, he was not quite sure what to do next. But he would think of something. "
97 " . . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull. "
98 " Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of all Utopias—boredom. "
99 " When in doubt, say nothing and move on. "
― Arthur C. Clarke , Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
100 " In this single galaxy of ours there are eighty-seven thousand million suns. [...] In challenging it, you would be like ants attempting to label and classify all the grains of sand in all the deserts of the world. [...] It is a bitter thought, but you must face it. The planets you may one day possess. But the stars are not for man. "