There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
They will have time enough, in those endless aeons, to attempt all things, and to gather all knowledge no Gods imagined by… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“One thing seems certain. Our galaxy is now in the brief springtime of its life—a springtime made glorious by such brilliant blue-white… — 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
To find anything comparable with our forthcoming ventures into space, we must go back far beyond Columbus, far beyond Odysseus-far, indeed, beyond… — 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
The one fact about the future of which we can be certain is that it will be utterly fantastic. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Across the gulf of centuries, the blind smile of Homer is turned upon our age. Along the echoing corridors of time, the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The object of teaching a child is to enable the child to get along without the teacher. We need to educate our… — 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
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
“He’s a creature of today—not haunted by the past or fearful of the future!” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
One can imagine a time when men who still inhabit organic bodies are regarded with pity by those who have passed on… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That's why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I think in the long run the money that s been put into the space program is one of the best investments… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself. — 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
The entire sweep of human history from the dark ages into the unknown future was considerably less important at the moment than… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The time was fast approaching when Earth, like all mothers, must say farewell to her children. — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“like everything that was worth doing, that would take time and practice.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Much of the colony’s musical experimenting was, quite consciously, concerned with what might be called “time span.” What was the briefest note… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Unlike the animals, who knew only the present, Man had acquired a past; and he was beginning to grope toward a future.” — 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
Trying to predict the future is a discouraging and hazardous occupation. If by some miracle a prophet could describe the future exactly… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“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
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
