Author: Arthur C. Clarke

Quotes

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.

- Arthur C. Clarke

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

- Arthur C. Clarke

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

- Arthur C. Clarke

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.

- Arthur C. Clarke

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

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

- Arthur C. Clarke

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

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

- 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.

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

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

- Arthur C. Clarke

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

- Arthur C. Clarke

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