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
past two eras
We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return ...
moving men air
He was moving through a new order of creation, of which few men had ever dreamed. Beyond the realms of sea and land and air and space lay the realms of fire, which he alone had been privileged to glimpse. It was too much to expect that he would also understand.
understanding
I will not be afraid because I understand ... And understanding is happiness.
interesting facts becoming
What is becoming more interesting than the myths themselves has been the study of how the myths were constructed from sparse or unpromising facts indeed, sometimes from no facts in a kind of mute conspiracy of longing, very rarely under anybody's conscious control.
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
men religion atheism
If there are any gods whose chief concern is man, they can't be very important gods.
men panic enough
But he knew well enough that any man in the right circumstances could be dehumanised by panic.
mind universe
In all the universe there is nothing more precious than mind.
future exploration planets
The exploration of the planets is now closer to us in time than the exploration of Africa by Stanley and Livingstone.
science technology numbers
Only small minds are impressed by large numbers.
inevitable resent
No one of intelligence resents the inevitable.
running long firsts
The creation of wealth is certainly not to be despised, but in the long run the only human activities really worthwhile are the search for knowledge, and the creation of beauty. This is beyond argument, the only point of debate is which comes first.
men lasts said
Now I understand,” said the last man.
men sea space
To find anything comparable with our forthcoming ventures into space, we must go back far beyond Columbus, far beyond Odysseus-far, indeed, beyond the first ape-man. We must contemplate the moment, now irrevocably lost in the mists of time, when the ancestor off all of us came crawling out of the sea.