Arthur C. Clarke Quotes
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.' In both cases the cure is simple though usually very expensive.Arthur C. Clarke
Quotes to Explore
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I am a citizen of the world.
Abbas Kiarostami -
Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability.
Samantha Power -
Remember before nineteen seventy two Olympic Games I was total skinny, I was small, very strong, they may be don't like to see a gymnastics like that. I don't know but, gymnastics, might. Nineteen seventy two supposed to be change somewhere.
Olga Korbut -
Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
Sabine Baring-Gould -
So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the windows, so the little house could not see them go. It stayed there inside the log fence, behind the two big oak trees that in the summertime had made green roofs for Mary and Laura to play under.
Laura Ingalls Wilder -
The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
Manning Marable
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As a mom of three young kids, it's difficult to reserve a big chunk of time for shopping, so I try to get my gifts little by little throughout the year. I think this is especially helpful for those of us who are budget conscious.
Camila Alves -
I've always said that I benefit, as an actor, from not having the illusion of security.
Hal Sparks -
We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
Carl Sandburg -
I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
Halima Aden -
Marijuana is not tested for, and yet that is the big thing guys are getting in trouble with in the league. It's terrible.
Karl Malone -
Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
Ignatius of Antioch
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
Nawal El Saadawi -
What scares me? Oh, now that's a big question. I don't know what scares me – cockroaches, nuclear apocalypse. Fear is an interesting thing. It has a place in all of our lives. I try to be as fearless as possible. I don't always succeed, but I like to think I try.
Zachary Quinto -
Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.
Aaron Neville -
There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
Dan Reynolds Imagine Dragons -
I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed.
Bebe Rexha -
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
Victor Hugo
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My music is the chicken soup kind. I want people to get a good feeling in their soul from these songs. Roots rock, heartland rock... whatever you want to call it is OK with me.
Kate Voegele -
We will also allow state companies to sell shares to their workers and will pass a law allowing citizens to start companies of their own with no limits on the number of employees or on the firm's output.
Vaclav Klaus -
Politics won't allow for the truth.
P. J. O'Rourke -
You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it.
Aidan Chambers -
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.' In both cases the cure is simple though usually very expensive.
Arthur C. Clarke