New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

Quote by Arthur C Clarke

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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is...

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is...

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but...

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but...

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can...

We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can...

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In...

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In...

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.

Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.

I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.

I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't...

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't...

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them...

The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them...

I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.

I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.

A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician

A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician

You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell.

You stars that reigned at my nativity, whose influence hath allotted death and hell.

All anyone can see in a birthchart are tendencies that will become facts if he...

All anyone can see in a birthchart are tendencies that will become facts if he...