Absolutely no religious rites of any kind, relating to any religious faith, should be associated with my funeral — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I also believe - and hope - that politics and economics will cease to be as important in the future as they… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. However valuable-even necessary-that may have been in… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Please help keep the world clean: others may wish to use it. Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong… — 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
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
Death focuses the mind on the things that really matter: why are we here, and what should we do? — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference we should each be treated with appropriate respect. — 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
