Arthur C. Clarke Quotes

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

Arthur C. Clarke

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: December 16, 1917 - March 19, 2008

Topics

GoodImaginationIdeasDoingWorth

Who lives long and who dies prematurely, is the defining issue of our time. And I submit to you, there's a significant race dimension, it is basically class-driven.

Jesse Jackson

TimeLongYouRaceSignificantWho

Compared with my brother, I always felt like Richard III, some clever humpbacked thing who surpassed him in the end. He was the one who read books, but I became the writer. He painted and drew, but I was the one who got accepted by the High School of Music and Art.

Jerome Charyn

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The Japanese had a very strong belief in Bushido, death before dishonour. They were fighting for their country; they were the aggressors in World War II.

Steven Spielberg

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I'm a Muslim, but I think Jesus would have a drink with me. He would be cool. He would talk to me.

Mike Tyson

ReligionMeCoolThinkTalkDrink

I live in L.A., I grew up here, it's not that crazy for me because it's L.A., you know?

Michael Welch

LiveMeCrazyYouKnowUp

A lot of times, people think that it doesn't make sense for people to be depressed when they have everything, a loving husband, a successful career, fame and fortune. I wanted to make this point that profound despair can strike anybody.

Miriam Toews

PeopleHusbandThinkCareerLoving

Problem-solving is essential to engineering. Engineers are constantly on the lookout for a better way to do things.

Dinesh Paliwal

EngineeringBetterEngineersWay

Blank House was exactly a nice empty sheet where nothing was accountable because you were so naughty that you were in Blank House.

Diane Cilento

YouHouseNiceNothingNaughty

I believe in reincarnation, and I believe I've lived quite a few lives.

Dr. Dre

BelieveI BelieveLivedI Believe In

I was always an overachiever.

Donna Rice

AlwaysOverachiever

As an overruling providence may succeed our wishes, let us rear an offspring in every respect worthy to fill the most illustrious stations of their predecessors.

Deborah Sampson

RespectSucceedWishesWorthyMay

Nothing is cut while I'm shooting. I edit between nine months and a year, and usually have around 80 hours of footage I have to get down to an 82-minute movie.

Christopher Guest

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