Brooding Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke

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

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

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

I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.

— Arthur C. Clarke

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

Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.

— Arthur C. Clarke

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

“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

“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

“I’m a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

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

“Pure coincidence, of course, but a sensible man makes coincidences work for him.”

— Arthur C. Clarke