Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke

About Arthur C. Clarke:

Sri Lankabhimanya Sir Arthur Charles Clarke was a British - Sri Lankan science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.
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Yes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself.

Arthur C. Clarke

The meteorites of 1908 and 1947 had struck uninhabited wilderness; but by the end of the twenty-first century there was no region left on Earth that could be safely used for celestial target practice.

Arthur C. Clarke

He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong.

Arthur C. Clarke

Personally, I refuse to drive a car - I won't have anything to do with any kind of transportation in which I can't read.

Arthur C. Clarke

Moses Kaldor had always loved mountains; they made him feel nearer to the God whose nonexistence he still sometimes resented.

Arthur C. Clarke

Just like the cosmonauts and their pee plants, all we have is each other.

Arthur C. Clarke

The person one loves never really exists, but is a projection focused through the lens of the mind onto whatever screen it fits with least distortion.

Arthur C. Clarke

Many of the fundamental physical constants-which as far as one could see, God could have given any value He liked-are in fact very precised adjusted, or fine-tuned, to produce the only kind of Universe that makes our existence possible.

Arthur C. Clarke

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Arthur C. Clarke

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

Arthur C. Clarke

Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it can't hide forever - one day we will overhear it.

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He had sometimes wondered if the real reason why men sought danger was that only thus could they find the companionship and solidarity which they unconsciously craved.

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The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

Arthur C. Clarke

Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.

Arthur C. Clarke

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

Arthur C. Clarke

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.

Arthur C. Clarke

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

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I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.

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It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him.

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The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

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I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.

Arthur C. Clarke

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