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

Quote by Arthur C Clarke

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

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

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...

Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer...

Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning...

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning...

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.

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 only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them...

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking...

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking...

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

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