It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but to create him. Arthur C Clarke
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. Arthur C Clarke
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. 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
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
New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can’t be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it’s not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along. 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
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C Clarke
Reading computer manuals without the hardware is a frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software. Arthur C Clarke
… chemistry is a trade for people without enough imagination to be physicists. Arthur C Clarke