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title: "21 Far Future Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 21 Far Future quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Far Future sayings and thoughts."
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> [Science fiction sometimes is fun because it reaches so far in the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-taylor/science-fiction-sometimes-is-fun-because-it-reaches-so-far-in-the/)

[Alan Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-taylor/)

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> [I don't really like to think too far into the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/finn-balor/i-don-t-really-like-to-think-too-far-into-the-future/)

[Finn Balor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/finn-balor/)

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> [“Today, at this very moment in time, is as far into the future as you can go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-alan-milne/today-at-this-very-moment-in-time-is-as-far-into-the-future-as-you/)

[Kevin Alan Milne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-alan-milne/)

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> [“you don't need to go that far in the future, you just have to go 2000 years ago,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/you-don-t-need-to-go-that-far-in-the-future-you-just-have-to-go-2000/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fc/paulo-coelho-10_history_you-don-t-need-to-go-that-far-in-the-fut_1415011.jpg)

> [When I first started, my novels were set in the far future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-sawyer/when-i-first-started-my-novels-were-set-in-the-far-future/)

[Robert J. Sawyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-sawyer/)

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> [If we look far into the future, one can see a time in the 21st century when both Europe and the USA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/if-we-look-far-into-the-future-one-can-see-a-time-in-the-21st-century/)

[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/)

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> [Perhaps then, some day far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainer-maria-rilke/perhaps-then-some-day-far-in-the-future-you-will-gradually-without/)

[Rainer Maria Rilke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainer-maria-rilke/)

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> [You cannot focus on things that are so far in the future when you've got things that you can't take your eye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-farrell/you-cannot-focus-on-things-that-are-so-far-in-the-future-when-you-ve/)

[Owen Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-farrell/)

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> [“According to T-shirts we've come so far as to see the future as female, and presumably not so far as to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-p-mauro-sr/according-to-t-shirts-we-ve-come-so-far-as-to-see-the-future-as/)

[Anthony P. Mauro, Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-p-mauro-sr/)

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> [The cynical part of the answer is that I expect to see a good deal more space opera, set far enough in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-m-ford/the-cynical-part-of-the-answer-is-that-i-expect-to-see-a-good-deal/)

[John M. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-m-ford/)

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> [It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/it-may-be-far-in-the-future-but-there-s-some-kind-of-logical-way-to/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/elizabeth-moon-9310_fiction_it-may-be-far-in-the-future-but-there-s_716733.png)

> [Even as a kid enthralled with science fiction, I wondered about the role of people in the long-term evolution of the Earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/even-as-a-kid-enthralled-with-science-fiction-i-wondered-about-the/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

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> [I've always loved far future SF, so it was more or less a given that I would one day want to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-reynolds/i-ve-always-loved-far-future-sf-so-it-was-more-or-less-a-given-that-i/)

[Alastair Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-reynolds/)

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> [In the far, far future, essentially all matter will have returned to energy. But because of the enormous expansion of space, this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-greene/in-the-far-far-future-essentially-all-matter-will-have-returned-to/)

[Brian Greene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-greene/)

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> [Congratulations on the new library, because it isn't just a library. It is a space ship that will take you to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/congratulations-on-the-new-library-because-it-isn-t-just-a-library-it-2/)

[Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/)

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> [“Once, in a cheap science fiction novel, Fat had come across a perfect description of the Black Iron Prison, but set in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/once-in-a-cheap-science-fiction-novel-fat-had-come-across-a-perfect/)

[Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/)

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> [“Congratulations on the new library, because it isn't just a library. It is a space ship that will take you to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/congratulations-on-the-new-library-because-it-isn-t-just-a-library-it/)

[Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/)

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> [“but I learned long ago that it does no good to think too far into the future. There is only here. Only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-zink/but-i-learned-long-ago-that-it-does-no-good-to-think-too-far-into-the/)

[Michelle Zink](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-zink/)

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> [What kind of hard SF do I write? Everything from near-future, Earth-centric techno-thrillers to far-future, far-flung interstellar epics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-m-lerner/what-kind-of-hard-sf-do-i-write-everything-from-near-future-earth/)

[Edward M. Lerner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-m-lerner/)

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> [When you're riding in a time machine way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window, or it'll turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-handey/when-you-re-riding-in-a-time-machine-way-far-into-the-future-don-t/)

[Jack Handey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-handey/)

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> [The best technology is aimed far enough in the future that it stands out, but close enough to the present that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-levie/the-best-technology-is-aimed-far-enough-in-the-future-that-it-stands/)

[Aaron Levie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-levie/)

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