Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I… — 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
It is really quite amazing by what margins competent but conservative scientists and engineers can miss the mark, when they start with… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
You will find men like him in all of the world's religions. They know that we represent reason and science, and, however… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“To be a science fiction writer you must be interested in the future and you must feel that the future will be… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Well, I guess [2001: A Space Odyssey] legitimized [science fiction], particularly for people who looked down on science fiction; you know, the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Even by the twenty-second century, no way had yet been discovered of keeping elderly and conservative scientists from occupying crucial administrative positions.… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“science fiction is something that could happen—but usually you wouldn’t want it to. Fantasy is something that couldn’t happen—though often you only… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The inspirational value of the space program is probably of far greater importance to education than any input of dollars... A whole… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Much blood has also been spilled on the carpet in attempts to distinguish between science fiction and fantasy. I have suggested an… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“The group of artists and scientists that had so far done least was the one that had attracted the greatest interest—and the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The Earth would only have to move a few million kilometers sunward-or starward-for the delicate balance of climate to be destroyed. The… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
'The Devil in the Dark' impressed me because it presented the idea, unusual in science fiction then and now, that something weird,… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
A precondition for being a science fiction writer other than an interest in the future is that, an interest - at least… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Finally, I would like to assure my many Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim friends that I am sincerely happy that the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
As three laws were good enough for Newton, I have modestly decided to stop there. — 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
In accordance with the terms of the Clarke-Asimov treaty, the second-best science writer dedicates this book to the second-best science-fiction writer. [dedication… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
In the long run, there are no secrets. in science. The universe will not cooperate in a cover-up. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Science fiction could now be made far more convincing by science fact.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“He did not know that the Old One was his father, for such a relationship was utterly beyond his understanding, but as… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run-and often in… — 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
