Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRASwas a British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 December 1917
science technology numbers
Only small minds are impressed by large numbers.
men religion atheism
If there are any gods whose chief concern is man, they can't be very important gods.
future exploration planets
The exploration of the planets is now closer to us in time than the exploration of Africa by Stanley and Livingstone.
mind universe
In all the universe there is nothing more precious than mind.
inevitable resent
No one of intelligence resents the inevitable.
men panic enough
But he knew well enough that any man in the right circumstances could be dehumanised by panic.
men sea soul
It was a pity that there was no radar to guide one across the trackless seas of life. Every man had to find his own way, steered by some secret compass of the soul. And sometimes, late or early, the compass lost its power and spun aimlessly on its bearings. Alan Bishop
judging deeds judge-me
Judge me by my deeds, though they are few, rather than my words, though they are many.
mean experts knows
Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.
future race years
The choice, as Wells once said, is the Universe-or nothing. . . . The challenge of the great spaces between the worlds is a stupendous one; but if we fail to meet it, the story of our race will be drawing to its close. Humanity will have turned its back upon the still untrodden heights and will be descending again the long slope that stretches, across a thousand million years of time, down to the shores of the primeval sea.
quests lost attainment
All explorers are seeking something they have lost. It is seldom that they find it, and more seldom still that the attainment brings them greater happiness than the quest.
understanding statistics way
Once you can reproduce a phenomenon, you are well on the way to understanding it.
conclusion ultimate-truth organized
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents...
barbarians mark
It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.