Arthur C. Clarke Quotes - Page 8

• Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly.

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  Past, Changed, Folly

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “2001: A Space Odyssey”, p.36, RosettaBooks

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• I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself.

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  Optimistic, Optimist

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• Una cosa era haberlo adivinado y otra que esa suposición se confirmara sin posibilidad de refutación.

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  Statistics, Possibility, Refutation

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “The City and the Stars”, p.22, RosettaBooks

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• Once you can reproduce a phenomenon, you are well on the way to understanding it.

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  Understanding, Statistics, Way

  Arthur C. Clarke (2011). “Voices from the Sky”, p.46, Hachette UK

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• Todos los exploradores buscan algo que han perdido. Rara vez lo encuentran, y más rara aún es la vez en que el logro les proporciona mayor felicidad que la búsqueda.

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  Happiness, Appreciation, Quests

  "The City and the Stars". Book by Arthur C. Clarke, June 1956.

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• The crossing of space ... may do much to turn men's minds outwards and away from their present tribal squabbles. In this sense, the rocket, far from being one of the destroyers of civilisation, may provide the safety-value that is needed to preserve it.

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  Men, Space, Safety

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• Si un anciano pero distinguido científico dice que algo es posible, es casi seguro que tiene razón; pero si dice que es imposible, es muy probable que se equivoque.

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  Inspirational, Business, Science

  In New Yorker 9 Aug. 1969

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• I am unable to distinguish clearly between your religious ceremonies and apparently identical behavior at the sporting and cultural functions you have transmitted to me.

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  Religious, Behavior, Function

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “The Fountains of Paradise”, p.97, RosettaBooks

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• In this universe the night was falling; the shadows were lengthening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning lingered; and along the path he once had followed, Man would one day go again.

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  Morning, Stars, Fall

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “Against the Fall of Night”, p.160, RosettaBooks

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• Space can be mapped and crossed and occupied without definable limit; but it can never be conquered.

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  Space, Limits

  Arthur C. Clarke (2013). “Profiles Of The Future”, p.67, Hachette UK

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• En algún lugar de mí hay un sensor de curiosidad. Quiero saber qué hay tras la siguiente colina. Sabes, la gente puede vivir más tiempo sin comida que sin información. Sin información, te volverías loco.

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  Crazy, People, Curiosity

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• Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of a ll Utopias - boredom.

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  Boredom, Enemy, Lasts

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “Childhood’s End”, p.80, RosettaBooks

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• Nos encontramos en el punto de inflexión entre dos épocas. Atrás queda un pasado al que nunca podremos volver... La llegada del cohete puso fin a un millón de años de aislamiento... se acabó la infancia de nuestra raza y comenzó la historia tal y como la conocemos.

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  Pasado, Raza, Años

  "La exploración del espacio". Libro de Arthur C. Clarke, 1951.

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• Belief in God is apparently a psychological artifact of mammalian reproduction.

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  Belief, Psychological, Artifacts

  "The Fountains of Paradise". Book by Arthur C. Clarke (Chapter 35: Starglider Plus Eighty, p. 190), 1979.

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• Algunos peligros son tan espectaculares y van mucho más allá de la experiencia normal que la mente se niega a aceptarlos como reales, y observa la aproximación de la fatalidad sin ningún sentimiento de aprensión. El hombre que contempla el maremoto que se precipita, la avalancha que desciende o el embudo giratorio de un tornado y, sin embargo, no intenta huir, no está necesariamente paralizado por el miedo o resignado a un destino inevitable. Puede que simplemente sea incapaz de creer que el mensaje de sus ojos le concierna personalmente. Todo le está sucediendo a otra persona.

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  Fear, Real, Believe

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• As his body became more and more defenseless, so his means of offense became steadily more frightful.

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  Mean, Body, Offense

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “2001: A Space Odyssey”, p.50, RosettaBooks

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• When I start on a book, I have been thinking about it and making occasional notes for some time... So I have lots of theme, locale, subjects and technical ideas... I don't worry about long periods of not doing anything. I know my subconscious is busy.

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  Libro, Pensamiento, Ideas

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• SETI is probably the most important quest of our time , and it amazes me that governments and corporations are not supporting it sufficiently.

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  Government, Important, Quests

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• Sometimes a decision has to be made by a single individual, who has the authority to enforce it. That's why you need a captain. You can't run a ship by a committee-at least not all the time.

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  Running, Decision, Needs

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “The Songs of Distant Earth”, p.65, RosettaBooks

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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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• Creo que, a largo plazo, el dinero invertido en el programa espacial es una de las mejores inversiones que ha hecho este país... Es un anticipo del futuro de la humanidad. Así de sencillo.

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  Correr, País, Sencillo

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• When one has to ask, "Am I really in love?" the answer is always "No".

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  Respuestas, Preguntas

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• Open the pod bay doors, Hal.

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  Movie, Doors, Great Year

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “2010: Odyssey Two”, p.227, RosettaBooks

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• We always thought the living Earth was a thing of beauty. It isn’t. Life has had to learn to defend itself against the planet’s random geological savagery.

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  Earth, Planets, Savagery

  Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter (2010). “The Light of Other Days”, p.329, Macmillan

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• Some things have eternal value, and compassion is one of them. I hope we never lose that. Compassion for humans as well as animals.

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  Animal, Compassion, Values

  Fuente: www.avclub.com

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