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Own Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke
- Our own grandchildren may demonstrate that-sometimes- Gigantic is Beautiful.
- As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science and inferior morals. The combination is unstable and self-destroying.
- The realisation that our small planet is only one of many worlds gives mankind the perspective it needs to realise sooner that our own world…
- Even if we never reach the stars by our own efforts, in the millions of years that lie ahead it is almost certain that the…
- I would defend the liberty of consenting adult creationists to practice whatever intellectual perversions they like in the privacy of their own homes; but it…
- In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for…
- The rash assertion that "God made man in His own image" is ticking like a time bomb at the foundation of many faiths.
- It was a pity that there was no radar to guide one across the trackless seas of life. Every man had to find his own…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov