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Maybe it’s a mark of a maturing culture, do you think, that secrets aren’t kept, that truth is told, that things are talked out?
Firstborn (2007)
Slickness of presentation didn’t imply comprehensiveness of knowledge.
Firstborn (2007)
Religion is the most malevolent of all mind viruses.
I want to see lasting and meaningful peace achieved in Sri Lanka as early as possible. But I am aware that peace cannot just be wished; it involves hard work, courage and persistence.
You do realize how many impossible things have to be true for that to have happened?
Firstborn (2007)
This sounded promising, and my coefficient of cupidity jumped several points.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
A single test which proves some piece of theory wrong is more valuable than a hundred tests showing that idea might be true.
The Light of Other Days (2000)
There are some things that no amount of pure intelligence can anticipate, but which can only be learned by bitter experience.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God — but to create Him.
When the pious fools come up against the godless pagans who own Judea, the result is what might be called diplomatic incidents.
Firstborn (2007)
Why should one be afraid of something merely because it is strange?
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
Duh! : The Stupid History of the Human Race (2000)
I doubt if such a word exists, and if it does, it shouldn’t.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
Thinkers prepare the revolution; bandits carry it out.
Richter 10 (1996)
All the religiosity around worries me—doesn’t it you?
Sunstorm (2005)
God designed us, circumcision is blasphemy.
A well-stocked mind is safe from boredom.
We have abolished space here on the little Earth; we can never abolish the space that yawns between the stars.
We'll Never Conquer Space (1960)
News that is sufficiently bad somehow carries its own guarantee of truth. Only good reports need confirmation.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That’s why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system.