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
Arthur C. Clarke quotes about
baby men thinking
Since women are better at producing babies, presumably Nature has given men some talent to compensate. But for the moment I can't think of it.
book thinking ideas
When I start on a book, I have been thinking about it and making occasional notes for some time... So I have lots of theme, locale, subjects and technical ideas... I don't worry about long periods of not doing anything. I know my subconscious is busy.
past two eras
We stand now at the turning point between two eras. Behind us is a past to which we can never return ...
understanding
I will not be afraid because I understand ... And understanding is happiness.
fashion men religion
You will find men like him in all of the world's religions. They know that we represent reason and science, and, however confident they may be in their beliefs, they fear that we will overthrow their gods. Not necessarily through any deliberate act, but in a subtler fashion. Science can destroy a religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the nonexistance of Zeus or Thor, but they have few followers now.
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.
ideas pieces might
A single test which proves some piece of theory wrong is more valuable than a hundred tests showing that idea might be true.
atheist names people
Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?
mankind
Science is the only religion of mankind.
inspirational business science
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.
faith truth regret
A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.
learning technology perception
Before you become too entranced with gorgeous gadgets and mesmerizing video displays, let me remind you that information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, and wisdom is not foresight. Each grows out of the other, and we need them all.
views guy machines
What we need is a machine that will let us see the other guy's point of view.
ideas missing conservative
It is really quite amazing by what margins competent but conservative scientists and engineers can miss the mark, when they start with the preconceived idea that what they are investigating is impossible.