He was prepared, he thought, for any wonder. The only thing he had never expected was the utterly commonplace.
Arthur C. ClarkeThe meteorites of 1908 and 1947 had struck uninhabited wilderness; but by the end of the twenty-first century there was no region left on Earth that could be safely used for celestial target practice.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: space cosmos meteors population-density
Even by the twenty-second century, no way had yet been discovered of keeping elderly and conservative scientists from occupying crucial administrative positions. Indeed, it was doubted if the problem ever would be solved.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: bureaucracy academia administration
In these latter days, knighthood was an honor few Englishmen escaped.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: britain knighthood englishmen
He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: wrong answers plausibility
Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: genius simple-plan
Training was one thing, reality another, and no one could be sure that the ancient human instincts of self-preservation would not take over in an emergency.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: self-preservation first-contact emergency
The memory of war was fading into the past as a nightmare vanishes with the dawn; soon
it would lie outside the experience of all living men.
Tags: war
When in doubt, say nothing and move on.
Arthur C. ClarkeMoses Kaldor had always loved mountains; they made him feel nearer to the God whose nonexistence he still sometimes resented.
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