Clarke, Arthur C. (Arthur C. Clarke)

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
-- Arthur C. Clarke

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.
-- Arthur C. Clarke

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
-- Arthur C. Clarke

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
-- Arthur C. Clarke

CNN is one of the participants in the war. 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

I would defend the liberty of consenting adult creationists to practice whatever intellectual perversions they like in the privacy of their own homes; but it is also necessary to protect the young and innocent.

-- Arthur C. Clarke

Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.
-- Arthur C. Clarke

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the idea is quite staggering.
-- 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

Any teacher that can be replaced by a machine should be!
-- Arthur C. Clarke

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
-- Arthur C. Clarke

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

-- Arthur C. Clarke

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