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Purvis looked at him as though seeing something that had no right to be around in a world that had invented penicillin.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.
The Peter Plan : A Proposal for Survival (1976)
Even though you were once a goddess, Kalidasa's heaven was only an illusion.
The Fountains of Paradise (1979)
There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
Values of the Wise : Humanity's Highest Aspirations (2004)
Such craziness captured media attention, but was fortunately still rare.
Sunstorm (2005)
This project was no longer mathematics; it was engineering.
Sunstorm (2005)
Nothing is deader than yesterday's science-fiction.
If children have interests then education happens.
People don't know what's good for them; they only know what they want. I learned to keep my expectations low a long time ago. It's good advice for anyone.
Richter 10 (1996)
Clarke's First Law: 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.
Clarke's Three Laws, et al (1962)
Democracy is our most important possession. If we throw it away when the going gets tough, we might never get it back.
Sunstorm (2005)
All these worlds are yours, except Europa. Attempt no landings there.
The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.
It is later than you think. May it not be true for this Sundial.
Inscription for a Sundial at the University of Moratuwa Sri Lanka (1996)
There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed but nothing could be done about good men who were deluded.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
There may be a moral here. For the life of me I can't find it.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
He was suddenly struck by an idea so brilliant that he was quite sure it could not possibly work.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
He knew something of the emotion the artist must feel when his dreams become reality.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
There was no substitute for reality; one should be aware of imitations.
The Fountains of Paradise (1979)
He had discharged his destiny; now, perhaps, he could begin to live.
The City and the Stars (1956)