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Quotes from Richter 10 — Arthur C. Clarke

1917–2008 England

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Man's bodily functions moved only toward death, but the mind could continue to enrich itself even as everything else embraced entropy.

Richter 10 (1996)

Thinkers prepare the revolution; bandits carry it out.

Richter 10 (1996)

Years compress like fault lines in the mind. While everything else changes, the mind remembers exactly what it wants to remember. A decade can be lost and a year seem like forever.

Richter 10 (1996)

People don't know what's good for them; they only know what they want. I learned to keep my expectations low a long time ago. It's good advice for anyone.

Richter 10 (1996)

“My system saves lives!”
Crane sighed and took a long pull from his bottle. “Few would consider that a compelling argument, doctor. Saving money is more to peoples tastes.”

Richter 10 (1996)

So many people did it that it was no longer an obsession; it was a demographic.

Richter 10 (1996)

Crane, I love you, but you're bullheaded and blind when you want to be. You preach tolerance, politeness, but you do the same thing everyone else does—you try and build some cumulative tally of pain and loss, then compete to see who got hurt more. You can't base your relationship with the world on that.

Richter 10 (1996)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Arthur C. Clarke (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.