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Mark Clifton Quotes

1906–1963 United States

Mark Clifton (1906 – 1963) was an American science fiction writer.

United States
Novelists
Science fiction authors
Short story writers

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22 quotes

Everyone recognized that only five percent of all the people born ever amount to anything at all. Everyone humbly thanked his providential stars that through his own personal efforts and merit he had become one of the superior five percent. Everyone looked with pity and contempt upon the ninety-five percent who did not share his grace.

They'd Rather Be Right (1954)

At this stage of man’s evolution, our scientists have been like little children facing a table piled high with the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. One piece is picked up and its holder says, “This is the important piece. I hold the one key to everything in my hands.” Well, of course, he does. Because every piece is a key piece.

They'd Rather Be Right (1954)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mark Clifton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.