Dull Quote by Arthur C. Clarke Download Open image “. . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull.” — Arthur C. Clarke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dull Long Long ago Newspapers Utopia Would be
There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull is the world today!' Nowadays he says, 'What a… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
For fear of the newspapers politicians are dull, and at last they are too dull even for the newspapers. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Three centuries after the appearance of Franklin's 'Courant,' it no longer requires a dystopic imagination to wonder who will have the dubious distinction of… — Eric Alterman Copy Share Image
Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of a ll Utopias - boredom. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Could newspapers now be held hostage by any dangerous lunatic who wanted his opinions heard?” — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
“It was clear he had remained unflustered by recent public events, at the age he had reached perhaps disillusioned with the commonplaces of life;… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
“One of the first discoveries of his captivity was that interest in 'news' does not spring from genuine curiosity, but from the desire for… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
“A good newspaper is never good enough, but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever.” — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“He selected a honey-soaked pastry and asked for strong Greek coffee and ice water, then put three bucks in the newspaper machine and selected… — Joe Haldeman Copy Share Image
“His genius had only begun to flower. This was only journalism, after all, a cup of tea on the way to his eventual triumph… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
“...for literature had always been a solace for him, something that the ugliness of facts could not spoil.” — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“Had he known his death was imminent, he might have gone somewhere else. Instead, he did what we all do. He went about his… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware,… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I am unable to distinguish clearly between your religious ceremonies and apparently identical behavior at the sporting and cultural functions you have transmitted to… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
You can't have it both ways. You can't have both free will and a benevolent higher power who protects you from yourself. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Nowhere in space will we rest our eyes upon the familiar shapes of trees and plants, or any of the animals that share our… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“The universe is full of energy, but much of it is at equilibrium. At equilibrium no energy can flow, and therefore it cannot be… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Here the trees surrounded them with an invisible, anechoic blanket, so that every word seemed sucked into silence the moment it was uttered.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“I’m a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Pure coincidence, of course, but a sensible man makes coincidences work for him.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The word 'mundane' has come to mean 'boring' and 'dull', and it really shouldn't - it should mean the opposite. Because it comes from… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to carry… — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
Music [is] the third rail of life. You grabbed it to shock yourself out of the dull drag of hours. To feel something. To… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
Whether one is twenty, forty, or sixty; whether one has succeeded, failed or just muddled along; whether yesterday was full of sun or storm,… — Leigh Mitchell Hodges Copy Share Image
I am simply looking for a companion with whom to spend my days, a companion who will cherish as much as I the stupidity… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Soothing words can become just another drug we swallow to dull our pain. — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is this theory of all work and no play that has made the Marxist such a very dull boy. — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
'You spin in the sky, the world spins under you, and you step from land to land, while we . . .' She turned… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know-and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
The most fascinating powers don't mean a thing if the guy's poorly motivated or dull, and the most generic powers won't hurt a well-motivated… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
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