Arthur C Clarke Quotes

“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

“Those wanderers must have looked on Earth, circling safely in the narrow zone between fire and ice, and must have guessed that it was the favourite of the Sun's children.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Expedition to Earth

“When, however, the lay public rallies round an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists and supports that idea with great fervor and emotion—the distinguished but elderly scientists are then, after all, probably right.”
― Isaac Asimov, Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright

“Please leave me alone; let me go on to the stars.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“Their little universe is very young, and its god is still a child. But it is too soon to judge
them; when We return in the Last Days, We will consider what should be saved.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey

“A magician wandered along the beach, but no one needed him.”
― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

“Katılıyorum Tanya. Ama Haldane'in ünlü sözünü hatırla: Evren sadece hayal ettiğimizden daha garip değil; hayal edebileceğimizden daha garip.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“Stan, I want you to know that I’m a very well-adjusted homosexual.”
“Yeah, I know,” responded Kubrick without missing a beat.”
― Michael Benson, Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece

“If you can describe it, I can film it.” Though I managed to disprove this dictum, I must also admit that Stanley later filmed things I couldn’t possibly describe.”
― Michael Benson, Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece

“Ask not for whom the monolith tolls.”
― Michael Benson, Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece

“Outro pensamento lhe ocorria sempre que varria com os olhos aquelas minúsculas manchetes eletrônicas. Quanto mais maravilhoso o meio de comunicação, mais trivial, medíocre ou deprimente seu conteúdo parecia ser. Acidentes, crimes, desastres naturais ou provocados pelo homem, ameaças de conflito, editoriais sombrios - essas coisas ainda pareciam ser a preocupação principal dos milhões de palavras borrifadas no éter. E, no entanto, Floyd também se perguntava se isso de fato seria ruim; os jornais de Utopia, ele concluíra há muito tempo, seriam terrivelmente chatos.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey

“Science fiction authors have made contributions to science, such as Arthur C. Clarke and his invention of geosynchronous satellite, among other ideas. Fantasy and horror authors make (unconscious) contributions to occultism and magic by identifying information at deep levels of the human psyche. By focusing on fear and horror, these authors directly address our most hidden nature, which is another way of saying that they open a Gate into the Mauve Zone.”
― Peter Levenda, The Dark Lord: H.P. Lovecraft, Kenneth Grant, and the Typhonian Tradition in Magic

“Arthur, what does this mean?"

"Mister Bogart, it means that in 10 minutes you will be sworn in as the 24th President of the United States."

"I can't believe a goddamned wisdom tooth infection got Charlie," Vice President Humphrey Bogart tossed the sheet of paper his secretary brought him, "If you weren't twenty, I'd offer you this damned job."

"Sir, you keep tossing the Lord around, people are gonna call you a Red.”
― E.B. Scribbler, The National Stage: If Artists were Presidents