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
conclusion ultimate-truth organized
My objection to organized religion is the premature conclusion to ultimate truth that it represents...
imagination want wells
I want to be remembered most as a writer - one who entertained readers, and, hopefully, stretched their imagination as well.
understanding statistics way
Once you can reproduce a phenomenon, you are well on the way to understanding it.
stars voice one-day
The universe must be full of voices, calling from star to star in a myriad tongues. One day we shall join that cosmic conversation.
mind facts feeble-minds
Only feeble minds are paralyzed by facts.
book writing should-have
No trilogy should have more than four books.
men bombs ticking-time
The rash assertion that "God made man in His own image" is ticking like a time bomb at the foundation of many faiths.
answers asks
When one has to ask, "Am I really in love?" the answer is always "No".
imagine stranger universe
When you finally understand the universe, it will not only be stranger than you imagine, it will be stranger than you can imagine.
life real next
The only real problem in life is what to do next.
change ideas interesting
People go through four stages before any revolutionary development: 1. It's nonsense, don't waste my time. 2. It's interesting, but not important. 3. I always said it was a good idea. 4. I thought of it first.
weapons changing-environment dinosaurs
The dinosaurs disappeared because they could not adapt to their changing environment. We shall disappear if we cannot adapt to an environment that now contains spaceships, computers — and thermonuclear weapons.
fiction remember stranger
But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.
crazy people curiosity
Somewhere in me is a curiosity sensor. I want to know what's over the next hill. You know, people can live longer without food than without information. Without information, you'd go crazy.