Arthur C. Clarke cytaty (218 cytatów, strona 6)

Arthur C. Clarke: 218 Cytatów 1 Polubienie

Arthur C. Clarke słynne cytaty

„To jest puste, ciągnie się w nieskończoność i… O mój Boże, tam jest pełno gwiazd!”

Arthur C. Clarke książka 2001: Odyseja kosmiczna

ostatnie słowa nadane na Ziemię przez Davida Bowmana.
Odyseja Kosmiczna 2001

„Jeśli starszawy, uznany naukowiec mówi, że coś jest możliwe, niemal z pewnością ma rację, lecz jeśli mówi, że to jest niemożliwe, najprawdopodobniej się myli.”

Arthur C. Clarke

„Bez broni, którą tak często zwracał przeciwko sobie, Człowiek nigdy nie podbiłby świata. Włożył w nią całe swoje umiejętności, ona zaś służyła mu dobrze przez wieki. Jednak teraz – dopóki istnieje broń – Człowiek otrzymuje czas na kredyt.”

Arthur C. Clarke książka 2001: Odyseja kosmiczna

Odyseja Kosmiczna 2001

„Jedyny sposób, by odkryć granice możliwości, to przekroczyć je i sięgnąć po niemożliwe.”

Arthur C. Clarke

„Artur Clarke, od dawna członek brytyjskiego towarzystwa astronautycznego i doskonały popularyzator, napisał mnóstwo opowiadań i powieści SF, wykazując znaczną biegłość w rzemiośle i niemałą oryginalność pomysłów (wspomnieliśmy np. o jego nowelkach „metafizycznych” Gwiazda i 9 bilionów imion Boga’). Napisał też książeczkę na poły fantastyczną i na poły futurologiczną, w której okazuje się rzetelnym i pomysłowym informatorem i przewodnikiem po państwie możliwości naukowotechnicznych.”

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Źródło: Stanisław Lem, Fantastyka i futurologia

„Rok 2010: Opracowano pierwsze generatory kwantowe (wyłapujące energię kosmiczną). Dostępne w formie jednostek przenośnych oraz odpowiednie do zapotrzebowań gospodarstw domowych, które produkują moc rzędu kilku kilowatów, stają się niewyczerpanym źródłem energii. Duże elektrownie zostają wyłączone – wraz z demontażem sieci kończy się era słupów wysokiego napięcia.”

Arthur C. Clarke

Źródło: Keith Tutt, W poszukiwaniu nieograniczonej energii, wyd. Amber, seria Tajemnice Nauki

Arthur C. Clarke cytaty

„Minkowski spacetime.”

Arthur C. Clarke książka Światło minionych dni

The Light of Other Days

„Każdą rewolucyjną ideę można podsumować trzema fazami – to niemożliwe, nie będę marnować czasu – to możliwe, ale nie warte zachodu – mówiłem przez cały czas, że to był dobry pomysł.”

Arthur C. Clarke

O czasie

„Nie chciałbym się upierać, Dave, ale ja jestem niezdolny do popełniania omyłek.”

Arthur C. Clarke książka 2001: Odyseja kosmiczna

Postać: HAL 9000
Odyseja Kosmiczna 2001

„Dostatecznie zaawansowana technologia nie różni się od magii.”

Arthur C. Clarke

Źródło: Gregory Hartley, Maryann Karinch, Podręcznik manipulacji, Warszawa 2011, wyd. Bellona, s. 65.

„Po raz pierwszy tak wiele uwagi poświęca się przyszłości, co zakrawa trochę na ironię, bo przyszłości możemy wcale nie mieć.”

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O przyszłości

Arthur C. Clarke: Cytaty po angielsku

“Now there are some forms of apparel that may be worn or discarded as the fancy pleases with no other ill effects than a possible loss of social prestige. But spacesuits are not among them.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka Breaking Strain

Breaking Strain, p. 184
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“The extremists in his movement had discredited themselves thoroughly, and it would be a long time before the world heard of them again.”

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Guardian Angel, p. 220
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“The future is built on the rubble of the past; wisdom lies in facing that fact, not in fighting against it.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 265
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“The person one loves never really exists, but is a projection focused through the lens of the mind onto whatever screen it fits with least distortion.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 269
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“There are some things that no amount of pure intelligence can anticipate, but which can only be learned by bitter experience.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 284
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“It was good to be alive; it was better to be young; it was best of all to be in love.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 284
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“Yet it was the impression that the unknown master has set out to create, Phoenix-like, from the dying embers of a great legend. He had captured, and held for all future ages to see, that beauty whose service is the purpose of life, and it sole justification.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 292
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“You won’t be an artist if you live a thousand years. You’re merely an expert, and you know it. Those who can—do, those who can’t—criticise.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 294
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“Like the atom bomb, it arose out of equally academic research. Never, gentlemen, underestimate science. I doubt if there is a single field of study so theoretical, so remote from what is laughingly called everyday life, that it may not one day produce something that will shake the world.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka Patent Pending

Patent Pending, p. 500
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“Captain Saunders, who came from Dallas and had no intention of being impressed by any prince, found himself unexpectedly moved by the wide, sad eyes. There were eyes that had seen too many receptions and parades, that had had to watch countless totally uninteresting things, that had never been allowed to stray far from the carefully planned official routes. Looking at that proud but weary face, Captain Saunders glimpsed for the first time the ultimate loneliness of royalty.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka Patent Pending

Patent Pending, p. 508
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“For what is life but organized energy?”

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Out of the Sun, p. 656
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“This sounded promising, and my coefficient of cupidity jumped several points.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka I Remember Babylon

I Remember Babylon, p. 705
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“There was nothing like a museum for calming the mind, for putting the problems of everyday life in their true perspective. Here, surrounded by the infinite variety and wonder of Nature, he was reminded of truths he had forgotten. He was only one of a million million creatures that shared this planet Earth. The entire human race, with its hopes and fears, its triumphs and its follies, might be no more than an incident in the history of the world.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka Death and the Senator

Death and the Senator, p. 744
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“It is hardly necessary for me to say that I do not believe in the supernatural; everything that happened has a perfectly rational explanation, obvious to any man with the slightest knowledge of psychology.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka Dog Star

Dog Star, p. 786
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“The idea of death was utterly incongruous—as it is to all men until the final second.”

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Maelstrom II, p. 789
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“Christine would surely be talking, even if she had only an ape as audience. To her, any silence was as great a challenge as a blank canvas; it had to be filled with the sound of her own voice.”

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An Ape About the House, p. 802
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“I am afraid that this chapter will amply demonstrate the truth of Clarke's 69th Law, viz., "Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software."”

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In both cases the cure is simple though usually very expensive.
"Appendix II: MITE for Morons," The Odyssey File (1984), p. 123
1960s, Clarke's Three Laws, et al (1962; 1973…)

“There is the possibility that humankind can outgrow its infantile tendencies, as I suggested in Childhood's End.”

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But it is amazing how childishly gullible humans are. There are, for example, so many different religions — each of them claiming to have the truth, each saying that their truths are clearly superior to the truths of others — how can someone possibly take any of them seriously? I mean, that's insane. ...Though I sometimes call myself a crypto-Buddhist, Buddhism is not a religion. Of those around at the moment, Islam is the only one that has any appeal to me. But, of course, Islam has been tainted by other influences. The Muslims are behaving like Christians, I'm afraid.
"God, Science, and Delusion: A Chat With Arthur C. Clarke" Free Inquiry magazine, Volume 19, Number 2 (Spring 1999) http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=library&page=clarke_19_2
2000s and attributed from posthumous publications

“I'm sometimes asked how I would like to be remembered. I've had a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer, space promoter and science populariser. Of all these, I want to be remembered most as a writer — one who entertained readers, and, hopefully, stretched their imagination as well.”

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2000s and posthumous publications, 90th Birthday Reflections (2007)

“I now spend a good part of my day dreaming of times past, present and future. As I try to survive on 15 hours sleep a day, I have plenty of time to enjoy vivid dreams. Being completely wheel-chaired doesn't stop my mind from roaming the universe — on the contrary!”

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2000s and posthumous publications, 90th Birthday Reflections (2007)

“The false logic involved is: “We exist; therefore something—call it X—created us.””

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Arthur C. Clarke książka Crusade

Once this assumption is made, the properties of the hypothetical X can be fantasied in an unlimited number of ways.
But the entire process is obviously fallacious; for by the same logic something must have created X—and so on. We are immediately involved in an infinite regress, which can have no meaning in the real universe.

Crusade, p. 878
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“There may be a moral here. For the life of me I can’t find it.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka What Goes Up

Źródło: 2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001), What Goes Up, p. 529

“History, it has been said, never repeats itself but historical situations recur.”

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Earthlight, p. 347
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“Great art and domestic bliss are mutually incompatible. Sooner or later, you’ll have to make your choice.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 298
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“Though I've often made fun of the scientists, they’ve freed us forever from the stagnation that was overtaking your race.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka The Road to the Sea

The Road to the Sea, p. 298
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“I doubt if such a word exists, and if it does, it shouldn’t.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka Silence Please

Silence Please, p. 247
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“It is surprising how long it takes to do a simple addition when your life depends on the answer.”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka Breaking Strain

Breaking Strain, p. 172
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“Why should one be afraid of something merely because it is strange?”

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Arthur C. Clarke książka The Wall of Darkness

The Wall of Darkness, p. 114
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)

“The danger of asteroid or comet impact is one of the best reasons for getting into space … I'm very fond of quoting my friend Larry Niven: "The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don't have a space program, it'll serve us right!"”

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"Meeting of the Minds : Buzz Aldrin Visits Arthur C. Clarke" by Andrew Chaikin (27 February 2001) http://web.archive.org/web/20010302082528/http://www.space.com/peopleinterviews/aldrin_clarke_010227.html
2000s and posthumous publications

“I can never look now at the Milky Way without wondering from which of those banked clouds of stars the emissaries are coming. If you will pardon so commonplace a simile, we have broken the glass of the fire-alarm and have nothing to do but to wait.
I do not think we will have to wait for long”

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"The Sentinel" (1948), originally titled "Sentinel of Eternity" this is the short story which later provided the fundamental ideas for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) written by Clarke and Stanley Kubrick. Full text in 10 Story Fantasy, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring 1951), p. 41 https://archive.org/details/10_Story_Fantasy_v01n01_1951-Spring_Tawrast-EXciter/page/n39. Two versions of the next to the last sentence have been widely published since at least 1951, the other being: "If you will pardon so commonplace a simile, we have set off the fire alarm and have nothing to do but to wait."
1940s