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posted by [personal profile] eftychia at 05:25am on 2003-12-31

"So many of our dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable." -- Christopher Reeve

[Edit, 2004-10-20: The editor of the quotation-of-the-day mailing list tracked down the quote and discovered that the above is a shortened version of what Reeve actually wrote. The full version is: "So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable." It is from Reeve's book, Nothing is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life.]
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posted by [identity profile] butterfluff.livejournal.com at 06:23am on 2004-01-01
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
-- Arthur C. Clarke. "Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination". Profiles of the Future. 1962
restated in: "Technology and the Future". Report on Planet Three. 1972

Asimov's Corollary to Clarke's Law:
When, however, the lay public rallies round an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists and supports that idea with great fervor and emotion -- the distinguished but elderly scientists are then, after all, probably right.
-- Isaac Asimov. F&SF. Feb 1977

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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 11:15am on 2004-01-01
Familiar with the Clarke, either unfamiliar with the Asimov or merely forgot about it ... I should drop these back into the quotes-queue -- thanks for pointing them out.
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