Arthur C. Clarke quotes

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. (Arthur C. Clarke)
Any sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic.
Arthur C. Clarke
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
Arthur C. Clarke
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.
Arthur C. Clarke
I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.
Arthur C. Clarke
It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him.
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.
Arthur C. Clarke
Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
Arthur C. Clarke
Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.
Arthur C. Clarke
I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
Arthur C. Clarke
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. (Arthur C. Clarke)
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
Arthur C. Clarke
I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.
Arthur C. Clarke
I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.
Arthur C. Clarke
It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.
Arthur C. Clarke
Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.
Arthur C. Clarke
I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.
Arthur C. Clarke
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
Arthur C. Clarke
Belief in God is apparently a psychological artifact of mammalian reproduction.
Arthur C. Clarke
The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.
Arthur C. Clarke
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. (Arthur C. Clarke)
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
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.
Arthur C. Clarke
I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.
Arthur C. Clarke
The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.
Arthur C. Clarke