We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return... The coming of the rocket brought to an end a million years of isolation... the childhood of our race was over and history as we know it began.
Arthur C. ClarkeWe always thought the living Earth was a thing of beauty. It isnโt. Life has had to learn to defend itself against the planetโs random geological savagery.
Arthur C. ClarkeThe intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.
Arthur C. Clarke