Arthur C. Clarke Quotes - Page 7

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• One orbit, with a radius of 42,000 kilometers, has a period of exactly 24 hours. A body in such an orbit, if its plane coincided with that of the Earth's equator, would revolve with the Earth and would thus be stationary above the same spot on the planet. It would remain fixed in the sky of a whole hemisphere ... [to] provide coverage to half the globe, and for a world service three would be required, though more could be readily utilized. (1945) [Predidicting geosynchronous communication satellites]

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Communication, Science, Sky

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• Moses Kaldor had always loved mountains; they made him feel nearer to the God whose nonexistence he still sometimes resented.

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  Mountain, Sometimes, Moses

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “The Songs of Distant Earth”, p.99, RosettaBooks

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• Good morning, Dr. Chandra. This is Hal. I am ready for my first lesson.

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  Morning, Drs, Lessons

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “2010: Odyssey Two”, p.134, RosettaBooks

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• Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral.

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  Religious, Funeral, Kind

  "Science Fiction Writer Arthur C. Clarke Dead at Age 90", www.foxnews.com. March 19, 2008.

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• Now, before you make a movie, you have to have a script, and before you have a script, you have to have a story; though some avant-garde directors have tried to dispense with the latter item, you'll find their work only at art theaters.

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  Art, Directors, Avant Garde

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “2001: A Space Odyssey”, p.11, RosettaBooks

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

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  Nature, Science, Law

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke: A Meeting with Medusa”, p.30, RosettaBooks

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• If I didn't exist, I would have invented myself.

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  Ifs

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• In the long run, there are no secrets. in science. The universe will not cooperate in a cover-up.

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  Running, Long, Secret

  Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Kube-McDowell (2012). “The Trigger”, p.145, RosettaBooks

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

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  Science, Political, Fiction

  "The Making of Kubrick's 2001". Book by Jerome Agel, 1970.

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• The inspirational value of the space program is probably of far greater importance to education than any input of dollars... A whole generation is growing up which has been attracted to the hard disciplines of science and engineering by the romance of space.

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  Education, Growing Up, Inspiration

  "First on the Moon". Book by Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong, 1970.

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• Even by the twenty-second century, no way had yet been discovered of keeping elderly and conservative scientists from occupying crucial administrative positions. Indeed, it was doubted if the problem ever would be solved.

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  Elderly, Twenties, Would Be

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “Rendezvous With Rama”, p.6, RosettaBooks

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• Those wanderers must have looked on Earth, circling safely in the narrow zone between fire and ice, and must have guessed that it was the favourite of the Sun's children.

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  Children, Fire, Ice

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke: The Sentinel”, p.10, RosettaBooks

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• The time was fast approaching when Earth, like all mothers, must say farewell to her children.

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  Mother, Children, Farewell

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “2001: A Space Odyssey”, p.84, RosettaBooks

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• When all else failed, you had to rely on eyeball intrumentation.

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  Statistics, Eyeballs, Rely

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

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  Science, May, Lasts

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• If man can live in Manhattan, he can live anywhere.

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  Travel, Home, Men

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• Training was one thing, reality another.

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  Reality, Training, Statistics

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “Rendezvous With Rama”, p.199, RosettaBooks

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• I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.

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  Giving Up, Hype, President

  "And I Quote: The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings, and Jokes for the Contemporary Speechmaker". Book by Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans and Andrew Frothingham, January 15, 1992.

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• I don't think there is such a thing as as a real prophet. You can never predict the future. We know why now, of course; chaos theory, which I got very interested in, shows you can never predict the future.

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  Real, Thinking, Chaos

  Source: www.salon.com

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• The Shuttle is to space flight what Lindbergh was to commercial aviation.

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  Moon, Space Flight, Aviation

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• Can the synthesis of man and machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded?

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  Men, Machines, Synthesis

  Arthur C. Clarke (2013). “Profiles Of The Future”, p.119, Hachette UK

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• One theory which can no longer be taken very seriously is that UFOs are interstellar spaceships.

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  Taken, Spaceships, Theory

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• Deep beneath the surface of the Sun, enormous forces were gathering. At any moment, the energies of a million hydrogen bombs might burst forth in the awesome explosion.... Climbing at millions of miles per hour, an invisible fireball many times the size of Earth would leap from the Sun and head out across space.

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  Space, Climbing, Hydrogen Bomb

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• The creation of wealth is certainly not to be despised, but in the long run the only human activities really worthwhile are the search for knowledge, and the creation of beauty. This is beyond argument, the only point of debate is which comes first.

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  Running, Long, Firsts

  Arthur C. Clarke (2013). “Profiles Of The Future”, p.51, Hachette UK

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

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  Symbolism, Hopeful, Cynical

  "Values of the Wise: Humanity's Highest Aspirations". Book by Jason Merchey, 2003.

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