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Possible Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke
- The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.
- Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible,…
- If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he…
- Anything that is theoretically possible will be achieved in practice, no matter what the technical difficulties are, if it is desired greatly enough.
- A hundred years ago, the electric telegraph made possible-indeed, inevitable-the United States of America. The communications satellite will make equally inevitable a United Nations of…
- It will be possible in a few more years to build radio controlled rockets which can be steered into such orbits beyond the limits of…
- When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is…
- Using material ferried up by rockets, it would be possible to construct a "space station" in ... orbit. The station could be provided with living…
- In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for…
- 1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he…
- The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
- When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is…
- The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them to the impossible.
- The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
- Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. — Richard Bach
- Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of… — Victoria Abril
- What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend… — Julian Assange
- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
- A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence… — Margaret Atwood
- Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- There is no possible source of evil except good. — Saint Augustine
- I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible. — Kevin Bacon
- Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible. — Pearl Bailey