WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:48:45 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg astronomer – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Clarke, Arthur C. -- How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village, Part 4, ch. 27 (1992) https://wist.info/clarke-arthur-c/72271/ https://wist.info/clarke-arthur-c/72271/#respond Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:01:02 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=72271 The Universe appears to be a device contrived for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers.


Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) British writer
How the World Was One: Beyond the Global Village, Part 4, ch. 27 (1992)
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A number of variants can be found, e.g., "I sometimes think the universe is a machine designed for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers" or "The universe: a device contrived for the perpetual astonishment of astronomers." The above is the only one I could find from a source by Clarke himself. ]]> https://wist.info/clarke-arthur-c/72271/feed/ 0 72271