We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return...
Arthur C. ClarkeThey had not yet attained the stupefying boredom of omnipotence; their experiments did not always succeed.
Arthur C. ClarkeNow I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.
Arthur C. ClarkeThey will have time enough, in those endless aeons, to attempt all things, and to gather all knowledge... no Gods imagined by our minds have ever possessed the powers they will command... But for all that, they may envy us, basking in the bright afterglow of Creation; for we knew the Universe when it was young.
Arthur C. Clarke