Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explore...
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about. Arthur C. Clarke
I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. Arthur C. Clarke
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return … Arthur C. Clarke
We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return …
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. Arthur C. Clarke
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum. Arthur C. Clarke
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean. Arthur C. Clarke
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.
No trilogy should have more than four books. Arthur C. Clarke
No trilogy should have more than four books.
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. Arthur C. Clarke
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical. Arthur C. Clarke
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.
Civilization will reach maturity only when it learns to value diversity of character and of ideas. Arthur C. Clarke
Civilization will reach maturity only when it learns to value diversity of character and of ideas.
This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one. Arthur C. Clarke
This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.