Arthur C. Clarke | "Feeling extremely foolish, the acting representative of Homo sapiens watched his First Contact stride away across the Raman plain, totally indifferent to his presence."

"Feeling extremely foolish, the acting representative of Homo sapiens watched his First Contact stride away across the Raman plain, totally indifferent to his presence."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

Sci-Fi, Humanity, Humility, Irony, Perspective

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"Feeling extremely foolish, the acting representative of Homo sapiens watched his First Contact stride away across the Raman plain, totally indifferent to his presence."

"Feeling extremely foolish, the acting representative of Homo sapiens watched his First Contact stride away across the Raman plain, totally indifferent to his presence."

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"As you may follow, they are an extremely hostile species (i.e. there is no word for 'welcome' in the Ruminarii language.) In four short centuries they had managed to lay waste to almost a thousand star systems, enslaving their populations and stripping them of all they wanted."

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Personal Development

"Sci-fi doesn't show me much about alien's nature but shows a lot about North American nature."

Author Name

Personal Development

"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, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along."

Creativity

"I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power."

Power

"Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software."

Computer

"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."

History

"There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum."

Fact

"It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars."

Man

"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him."

God

"This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one."

Age

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

Technology

"We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20?"

Creativity

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"Feeling extremely foolish, the acting representative of Homo sapiens watched his First Contact stride away across the Raman plain, totally indifferent to his presence."

Author Name

Personal Development

"As you may follow, they are an extremely hostile species (i.e. there is no word for 'welcome' in the Ruminarii language.) In four short centuries they had managed to lay waste to almost a thousand star systems, enslaving their populations and stripping them of all they wanted."

Author Name

Personal Development

"Sci-fi doesn't show me much about alien's nature but shows a lot about North American nature."

Author Name

Personal Development

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"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, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along."

Creativity

"I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power."

Power

"Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software."

Computer

"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."

History

"There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum."

Fact

"It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars."

Man

"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him."

God

"This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one."

Age

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

Technology

"We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20?"

Creativity