Author: Arthur C. Clarke

Quotes

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.

- Arthur C. Clarke

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

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

- 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

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

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

- Arthur C. Clarke

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.

- 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

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

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!

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

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