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Quotes About Time

One's first existence was a precious gift which would never be repeated.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
The gate opened. The gate closed. In a moment of time too short to be measured, space opened and turned on itself.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
everything in space-time that will later become our universe is contained in that small volume producing the awesome light.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
The Star Gate opened. The Star Gate closed. In a moment of time too short to be measured, Space turned and twisted upon itself. Then Japetus was alone once more, as it had been for three million years--alone, except for a deserted but not yet derelict ship, sending back to its makers messages which they could neither believe nor understand.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
La Historia nunca se repite… pero las situaciones históricas vuelven a ocurrir.»
~ Arthur C. Clarke
you know that the average viewing time per person is now three hours a day? Soon people won't be living their own lives any more. It will be a full-time job keeping up with the various family serials on TV!
~ Arthur C. Clarke
In that moment it seemed to Brant that from his hilltop he was looking over Time rather than Space: and in his ears there whispered the soughing of the winds of eternity as they sweep into the past.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
El anciano lo miraba con firmeza a través del abismo de los siglos; en sus palabras pesaba la inmensurable sabiduría de una larga vida en contacto con hombres y máquinas.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
As crianças crescem depressa neste ambiente de baixa gravidade. Mas não envelhecem na mesma proporção e assim viverão mais do que nós.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
Desde el alba de los tiempos, aproximadamente cien mil millones de seres humanos han transitado por el planeta Tierra.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
Yaln?zca zaman?n derman olaca?? ÅŸeyler vard? hayatta. Kötüler yok edilebilirdi, ancak akl? kar??m?? iyi birine kar?? hiçbir ÅŸey yap?lamazd?.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
Week by week, month by month, it slowly faded, though even when it moved back into the daylight sky it was still easy to find if one knew exactly where to look. And at night for years it was often the brightest of the stars. Mirissa saw it one last time, just before her eyesight failed.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
There was only one Eye, though it had many projections into spacetime. And it had many functions.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
Here was age inconceivable—but not death, for the Moon had never lived—until now.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
chronology protection conjecture?
~ Arthur C. Clarke
The date stamp, she noted, showed 4 B.C.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
But many generations had passed since anyone had had a use for a set of seven-figure logarithms, an atlas of the world, and the score of Sibelius's Seventh Symphony printed, according to the flyleaf, by H. K. Chu & Sons at the City of Pekin in the year AD 2021.
~ Arthur C. Clarke
but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all. - Sherlock Holmes
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
Patience, my friend, patience! You will find in time that it has everything to do with it.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
When will you be pleased to dine, Mr. Holmes?' Mrs. Hudson asked. 'Seven-thirty, the day after to-morrow' said he.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
However, I guess your time is of value, and we did not meet to talk about the cut of my socks.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle
These relics have a history then?' 'So much so that they are history.
~ Arthur Conan Doyle