Arthur C. Clarke Quotes
Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Quotes to Explore
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I am in a traditional financial services business - but we at Fidelity can see that the evolution of technology is setting our industry up for disruption. What if this technology could do for the transfer of value what the Internet did for the transfer of information?
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Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.
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There's precedent for adjudicatory proceedings on technology issues to have massive consumer and business benefits. One of the most famous was the so-called Carterfone decision in 1968.
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Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
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You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes.
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Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.
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Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing.
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This is unproven technology, and if you don't know what you're doing, you shouldn't interact with tokens - from an investor and security perspective.
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Computing technology started out as number-crunching.
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Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.
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The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.
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One with the law is a majority.
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Surely, I must at all times attempt to obey the law of the state. But when the will of God and the will of the state conflict, I am compelled to follow the will of God.
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Donald Trump did not appear by magic.
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It's a violation of federal law for an officer or an employee of the United States government to make or authorize an expenditure or obligation exceeding the amount we've appropriated.
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My father-in-law just happens to be a global procurement guru. Now retired, he was the global head of procurement for some of the biggest companies in the world as well as our very own treasury.
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At the risk of sounding really corny now, I'm a career prosecutor. I've been doing this for a very long time. And I believe in holding people responsible when they violate the law. But our sole responsibility is to seek justice. And sometimes that means a very lengthy sentence for people who are dangerous and from which society must be protected.
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If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
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There's an interesting mix to 'Robin Hood' because it's kind of modern but medieval. There is a blend of adventure with a very modern feel.
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So how do you do it? With just words and just music Capture the feeling That my earth is somebody's ceiling Can I deliver in sound The weight of the ground of a cemetery in the center of Queens
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The effort to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable. And that it is out constant efforts to eliminate the negative - insecurity, uncertainty, failure, or sadness - that is what causes us to feel so insecure, anxious, uncertain, or unhappy.
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I have had a great vision on the mystery of Holy Mass and I have seen that whatever good has existed since creation is owing to it."
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I never read prefaces, and it is not much good writing things just for people to skip. I wonder other authors have never thought of this.
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Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
