"Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories." ― Arthur C. Clarke Topic(s): Science More From Arthur C. Clarke "If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong." "New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can’t be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it’s not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!" "Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software." More In Science "In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known."― Thomas Malthus "There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere."― Isaac Asimov "I don’t read ‘chick lit,’ fantasy or science fiction but I’ll give any book a chance if it’s lying there and I’ve got half an hour to kill."― J. K. Rowling