#ron

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. ↗

— Arthur C. Clarke

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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

#certainly #distinguished #elderly #impossible #possible

All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. ↗

— James Freeman Clarke

#believes #comes #convictions #doubts #faith

That's what Major League Baseball's steroid scandal was all about, the hidden harm in competitive sports that sends the wrong message to the young. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#baseball #competitive #harm #hidden #league

We all want to look younger, become stronger and healthier and live longer. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#healthier #live #longer #look #stronger

There's no environment. Use your imagination. There's no fourth wall, whether it's the first time you've told this story about her life, or the sixth time. ↗

— Jill Clayburgh

#environment #first #first time #fourth #her

San Francisco is an interesting place. It's always been such a nice culturally diverse environment, which it still is, but there's a lot of money there now and a lot of dot com's so it's a little different than it used to be. ↗

— Les Claypool

#been #com #culturally #different #diverse

I was actually pretty shy in school. My defense mechanism was to be the class clown. I remember getting into a lot of trouble for being disruptive, and I was brought in front of the headteacher, who said: 'What's going to happen to you; what are you going to do when you grow up?' and I said: 'Well, I'm obviously going to be a comedian.' ↗

— Adam Clayton

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It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#his #keep #money #morally #morally wrong

I think that there's something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - 'Swifter, higher, stronger' - it's such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#antithesis #beautiful #celebrates #death #dissolution