Elderly Quote by Arthur C. Clarke

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible,…

— Arthur C. Clarke

“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he…

— Arthur C. Clarke

So my antagonist said, "Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it's impossible?" "No", I said, "I can't prove…

— Richard P. Feynman

The man who says "I may be wrong, but--" does not believe there can be any such possibility.

— Kin Hubbard

What is right can never be impossible.

— Amma Asante

“I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of the conviction that a hypothesis is true has no…

— Peter B. Medawar

We tend to believe that things are impossible that are very possible.

— Jim McKelvey

Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely than others.

— Jonathan Winters

“If someone says: That's impossible. You should understand it as: According to my very limited experience and narrow understanding of reality, that's very unlikely”

— Paul Buchheit

A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong.

— Michael Faraday

“[Real scientist are delighted when they find out they are wrong. And to me that is one of the greatest gifts that a scientific…

— Brian Cox

When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.

— Leigh Bardugo