The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.

Quote by Arthur C Clarke

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CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted...

CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted...

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science...

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science...

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can...

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

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...

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the...

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the...

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up...

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up...

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...

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.

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.