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Arthur C. Clarke

If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run - and often in the short one - the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.

Arthur C. Clarke

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

Terry Pratchett

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Samuel Johnson

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.

Albert Einstein

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

Charles Lamb

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father’s religion, if they can find out what it is.

De La Lastra’s Law

After the last of 16 mounting screws has been removed from an access cover, it will be discovered that the wrong access cover has been removed.

Paul Dirac

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it’s the exact opposite.

Ginger Meggs

Speed kills, Love only infuriates.