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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 2d2a6f3 | One by one he would conjure up the world's major electronic papers; he knew the codes of the more important ones by heart, and had no need to consult the list on the back of his pad. Switching to the display unit's short-term memory, he would hold the front page while he quickly searched the headlines and noted the items that interested him. | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| e1ec15e | Floyd sometimes wondered if the Newspad, and the fantastic technology behind it, was the last word in man's quest for perfect communications. Here he was, far out in space, speeding away from Earth at thousands of miles an hour, yet in a few milliseconds he could see the headlines of any newspaper he pleased. (That very word "newspaper," of course, was an anachronistic hangover into the age of electronics.) The text was updated automaticall.. | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| a0168c0 | I agree with you, Captain," he whispered. "The human race has to live with its conscience. Whatever the Hermians argue, survival is not everything." | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| 518bcaa | Faith in one's own destiny was among the most valuable of the gifts which the gods could bestow upon a man, | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| 65ffe31 | However much the universe and its mysteries might call him, this was where he was born and where he belonged. It would never satisfy him, yet always he would return. He had gone half-way across the Galaxy to learn this simple truth. | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| 0bee396 | Though the man-apes often fought and wrestled one another, their disputes very seldom resulted in serious injuries. Having no claws or fighting canine teeth, and being well protected by hair, they could not inflict much harm on one another. In any event, they had little surplus energy for such unproductive behavior; snarling and threatening was a much more efficient way of asserting their points of view. | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| 11e1901 | He did not wander aimlessly, though he never knew which village would be his next port of call. He was seeking no particular place, but a mood, an influence--indeed, a way of life. | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| c5f5927 | Voltaire, Locke, Rousseau, and Hobbes never had a chance to speak with these men or even know of their existence--and here, at last, we begin to appreciate the enormity of the calamity, for the distintegration of native America was a loss not just to those societies but to the human enterprise as a whole. | Charles C. Mann | ||
| fda5347 | If a story is no good, being based on Hamlet won't save it. | hamlet stories writing | Thomas C. Foster | |
| 1080a97 | Baking bread is as glorious as planting flowers, as doing a cardiac bypass, as teaching a child to read. | Laura C. Schlessinger | ||
| 6af777c | Nobody achieves anything great by giving the minimum. No teams win championships without making sacrifices and giving their best. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 9ccb135 | Leadership is influence--nothing more, nothing less. If you are being salt and light as Jesus commanded, then you have begun to obey God's call to leadership. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 4487646 | Your attitude, more than your aptitude, will determine your altitude. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 0ecfde1 | As people gain more authority, they often develop a lack of patience in listening to those under them. A deaf ear is the first indication of a closed mind. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 6be18d5 | People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 3546d47 | The great men and women of history were not great because of what they earned and owned, but rather for what they gave their lives to accomplish. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| b50c8a9 | The challenge of leadership is to create change and facilitate growth. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 52a3f64 | When people follow a leader because they have to, they will do only what they have to. People don't give their best to leaders they like least. They give reluctant compliance, not commitment. They may give their hands but certainly not their heads or hearts. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 0e7a561 | Position is a poor substitute for influence. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 884986c | Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 20fe7e0 | A Chinese proverb says, "Those who drink the water must remember those who dug the well." Gratitude is one of the most attractive of all personal attributes;" | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 858c55c | If you can't influence people, then they will not follow you. And if people won't follow, you are not a leader. That's the Law of Influence. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 4f62c4c | You could use the 80/20 rule. Give 80 percent of your effort to the top 20 percent (most important) activities. Another way is to focus on exceptional opportunities that promise a huge return. It comes down to this: give your attention to the areas that bear fruit. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 5786f3d | A visionary company is like a great work of art. Think of Michelangelo's scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or his statue of David. Think of a great and enduring novel like Huckleberry Finn or Crime and Punishment. Think of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony or Shakespeare's Henry V. Think of a beautifully designed building, like the masterpieces of Frank Lloyd Wright or Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. You can't point to any one sin.. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 3d38728 | anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| cf55399 | Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them. | John C. Maxwell | ||
| 0d825a4 | The life of a man is like a ball in the river, the Buddhist texts state - no matter what our will wants or desires, we are swept along by an invisible current that finally delivers us to the limitless expanse of the black sea. This image rather appeals to me. It suggests there are times when we float lightly along life's surface, bobbing from one languid, long pool to another. But then, when we least expect it, we turn a river bend and find.. | Richard C. Morais | ||
| e4388db | A good library has all the good books. A great library has all the books. | Daniel C. Dennett | ||
| dca16a2 | In short, if we wish to see anything sensible done about the situation we will clearly have to do it ourselves. | Patricia C. Wrede | ||
| 6ef2e83 | Oliver has stated many times his dislike of hearing advice from his younger sister, so it is his own fault if he has not got sense enough to see which way the wind is blowing. | brothers common-sense funny ignored siblings stupidity | Patricia C. Wrede | |
| 0a0669d | Tis my will that thou and he shall die by my hand. Thou hast but to choose the manner of thy death." "Old age," Cimorene said promptly. "Mock" | Patricia C. Wrede | ||
| cac94a0 | Failure to put the relationship on a slower timetable may result in an act that was never intended in the first place. Another important principle is to avoid the circumstances where compromise is likely. A girl who wants to preserve her virginity should not find herself in a house or dorm room alone with someone to whom she is attracted. Nor should she single-date with someone she has reason not to trust. A guy who wants to be moral should.. | act advice alone and apostle are attracted avoid away be bear bed beyond can change chastity circumstances commandments compromise considered continue culture day did do door eternal failure first follow girl glad go god-s guy he head help her him hold honor house important intended is keep knows let likely may mocked moral narrow near never not old-fashioned path paul place preserve principle proberbs promise reason relationship remeber result right scriptures she should single-date slower solomon someone son sounds standards stay tempted those to trust trying use very virginity wants what-you whims who whom will with words would wrong you you-ll your | James C. Dobson | |
| 3c2e9ac | Work is the best remedy for any shock, | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| 74f7f42 | He left the unspoken question hanging in the air. How did one annoy a two- kilometre-long black rectangular slab? And just what form would its disapproval take | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| d18d87e | Even the few serious crimes that did occur received no particular attention in the news. For well-bred people do not, after all, care to read about the social gaffes of others. | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| 7e039cb | Moses Kaldor had always loved mountains; they made him feel nearer to the God whose nonexistence he still sometimes resented. | nature religion | Arthur C. Clarke | |
| 4a2d3db | Some women, Commander Norton had decided long ago, should not be allowed aboard ship; weightlessness did things to their breasts that were too damn distracting. | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| e84ae62 | Much blood has also been spilled on the carpet in attempts to distinguish between science fiction and fantasy. I have suggested an operational definition: science fiction is something that COULD happen - but usually you wouldn't want it to. Fantasy is something that COULDN'T happen - though often you only wish that it could. | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| 31fc88a | Children grow fast in this low gravity. But they don't age so quickly--they'll live longer than we do." Floyd stared in fascination at the self-assured little lady, noting the graceful carriage and the unusually delicate bone structure." -- | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| f68ac33 | He was alone in an airless, partially disabled ship, all communication with Earth cut off. There was not another human being within half a billion miles. And yet, in one very real sense, he was not alone. Before he could be safe, he must be lonelier still. | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| e28f9f3 | An author should never turn down the opportunity for a new experience | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| c16fb03 | Science fiction could now be made far more convincing by science fact. | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| 135747c | Instantly, there had been cries of protest from the industrial archaeologists, outraged at such vandalism, and from the naturalists, who pointed out that the penguins simply loved the abandoned pipeline. | Arthur C. Clarke | ||
| 51639c4 | They had forgotten much, but they did not know it. They were as perfectly fitted to their environment as it was to them--for both had been designed together. What was beyond the walls of the city was no concern of theirs; it was something that had been shut out of their minds. Diaspar was all that existed, all that they needed, all that they could imagine. It mattered nothing to them that Man had once possessed the stars. | Arthur C. Clarke |