Arthur C. Clarke
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
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On Discovery
“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance–it is the illusion of knowledge.” — Daniel J. Boorstin
Arthur Koestler
“The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.” — This article was sent using my Viigo. For a free download, go to http://getviigo.com
FreshBump – 10 Design Quotes Designed
There’s no shortage of uninspiring quotes punishing our eyes and ears on a daily basis. Blame advertising, or HR, or your annoying Facebook ‘friend’ who won’t stop posting on your wall. These pithy statements bombard us by the hour, often in minis…
“But now the real question is…”
“Right now, the capabilities are out there to do just about anything we want to do. We used to ask ourselves, ‘What can we do?’ But now the real question is, ‘What should we do?’ ” —Designer/inventor Dean Kamen
On hindsight
Instead of shooting arrows at someone else’s target, which I’ve never been very good at, I make my own target around wherever my arrow happens to have landed. You shoot your arrow and then you paint your bulls eye around it, and therefore you have…
unknown
“Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1.5 tons.” http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/unknown
EUGENE IONESCO – Jack, or The Submission
Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name! via notable-quotes.com
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