Quote by: Arthur C. Clarke

That requires as much power as a small radio transmitter--and rather similar skills to operate. For it's the application of the power, not its amount, that matters. How long do you think Hitler's career as a dictator of Germany would have lasted, if wherever he went a voice was talking quietly in his ear? Or if a steady musical note, loud enough to drown all other sounds and to prevent sleep, filled his brain night and day? Nothing brutal, you appreciate. Yet, in the final analysis, just as irresistible as a tritium bomb.


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Author Bio


  • NameArthur C. Clarke
  • DescriptionBritish science fiction writer, science writer, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host
  • AliasesSir Arthur Charles Clarke
  • BornDecember 16, 1917
  • DiedMarch 18, 2008
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionInventor; Screenwriter; Writer; Engineer; Novelist
  • WorksRendezvous With Rama; The Fountains Of Paradise
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Nebula Award; Stuart Ballantine Medal; Kalinga Prize