Arthur C. Clarke ( 10 of 13 )
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's read more
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.
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly
Ocean.
How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly
Ocean.
Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.
Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says read more
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.
It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen read more
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.
