“Yet among all the distractions and diversions of a planet which now seemed well on the way to becoming one vast playground,… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“And yet—this fascination with the future has generated its own antithesis, particularly in the so-called affluent or developed societies. There is a… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it is better to be un-sane and happy, than sane and un-happy. But it is the best of all to be… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“This was the moment when history held its breath, and the present sheared asunder from the past as an iceberg splits from… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I sometimes wonder how we spent leisure time before satellite television and Internet came along…and then I realise that I have spent… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I don't think there is such a thing as as a real prophet. You can never predict the future. We know why… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
People go through four stages before any revolutionary development: 1. It's nonsense, don't waste my time. 2. It's interesting, but not important.… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The numbers of distinct human societies or nations, when our race is twice its present age, may be far greater than the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware,… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share
We cannot predict the new forces, powers, and discoveries that will be disclosed to us when we reach the other planets and set up… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share
I am unable to distinguish clearly between your religious ceremonies and apparently identical behavior at the sporting and cultural functions you have transmitted to… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share
You can't have it both ways. You can't have both free will and a benevolent higher power who protects you from yourself. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share
Nowhere in space will we rest our eyes upon the familiar shapes of trees and plants, or any of the animals that share our… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share
“The universe is full of energy, but much of it is at equilibrium. At equilibrium no energy can flow, and therefore it cannot be… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share
“Here the trees surrounded them with an invisible, anechoic blanket, so that every word seemed sucked into silence the moment it was uttered.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share
“I’m a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share
There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share
“Pure coincidence, of course, but a sensible man makes coincidences work for him.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share
They will have time enough, in those endless aeons, to attempt all things, and to gather all knowledge no Gods imagined by our minds… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share
“One thing seems certain. Our galaxy is now in the brief springtime of its life—a springtime made glorious by such brilliant blue-white stars as… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share
