Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke

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Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. — Arthur C. Clarke
I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here. — Arthur C. Clarke
But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger. — Arthur C. Clarke
Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information — Arthur C. Clarke
One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion. — Arthur C. Clarke
The rash assertion that "God made man in His own image" is ticking like a time bomb at the foundation of many faiths. — Arthur C. Clarke
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. — Arthur C. Clarke
How inappropriate to call this planet "Earth," when it is clearly "Ocean. — Arthur C. Clarke
Magic's just science that we don't understand yet. — Arthur C. Clarke
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he stat — Arthur C. Clarke
1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he s — Arthur C. Clarke
There is no reason to assume that the universe has the slightest interest in intelligence—or even in life. Both may be r — Arthur C. Clarke
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. — Arthur C. Clarke
There's no real objection to escapism, in the right places... We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is — Arthur C. Clarke
I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself. — Arthur C. Clarke
One thing seems certain. Our galaxy is now in the brief springtime of its life—a springtime made glorious by such brilli — Arthur C. Clarke
Slowly, Jimmy held up his outstretched hands. Men had been arguing for two hundred years about this gesture; would every — Arthur C. Clarke
The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible — Arthur C. Clarke
What is human memory?" Manning asked. He gazed at the air as he spoke, as if lecturing an invisible audience - as perhap — Arthur C. Clarke
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.""Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in t — Arthur C. Clarke