The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Floyd sometimes wondered if the Newspad, and the fantastic technology behind it, was the last word in man’s quest for perfect communications.… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The universe must be full of voices, calling from star to star in a myriad tongues. One day we shall join that… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
It will be possible in a few more years to build radio controlled rockets which can be steered into such orbits beyond… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
A hundred years ago, the electric telegraph made possible-indeed, inevitable-the United States of America. The communications satellite will make equally inevitable a… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
No communication technology has ever disappeared, but instead becomes increasingly less important as the technological horizon widens. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
One orbit, with a radius of 42,000 kilometers, has a period of exactly 24 hours. A body in such an orbit, if… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Floyd sometimes wondered if the Newspad, and the fantastic technology behind it, was the last word in man’s quest for perfect communications.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Though the man-apes often fought and wrestled one another, their disputes very seldom resulted in serious injuries. Having no claws or fighting… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Floyd sometimes wondered if the Newspad, and the fantastic technology behind it, was the last word in man’s quest for perfect communications.… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“There are some women who appear sincerely unaware of the fact that they cannot stop talking, and are most surprised when anyone… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“I’m a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
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 Image
“Pure coincidence, of course, but a sensible man makes coincidences work for him.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
