"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." - Clarke's First Law. "The only way to discover the limits of the possible, is to go beyond them, into the impossible"-Clarke´s 2nd law "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"-Clarke´s 3rd law "To read computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as to read sex manuals without the software". - Clarke's 69th law of magic. "Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all." "A well stocked mind is safe from boredom." "He uses a tame black hole as a filing system!" [Describing Stanley Kubrick]