Sometimes a decision has to be made by a single individual, who has the authority to enforce it. That's why you need a captain. You can't run a ship by a committee-at least not all the time. Arthur C. Clarke More Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke More Quotes From Arthur C. Clarke I'm quite fond of the writer who told a beginning author, "If you've got a message, use Western Union." Arthur C. Clarke western Don't mess up the environment until you're quite sure what you're doing. Arthur C. Clarke mess environment Some things have eternal value, and compassion is one of them. I hope we never lose that. Compassion for humans as well as animals. Arthur C. Clarke values compassion animal The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke But the only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected president but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power. Arthur C. Clarke
