Arthur C. Clarke

This is the first age that’s ever paid much attention to the future, which is…

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long…

Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society…

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn’t…

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories…

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero…

Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading manuals without the software…

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic…

I don’t believe in God but I’m very interested in her…

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly…

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value…

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

Sometimes I think we’re alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we’re not. In…

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal…