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Arthur C Clarke Quotes

Famous quotes by Arthur C. Clarke

The moon is the first milestone on the road to the stars.
- Arthur C. Clarke

A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.
- Arthur C. Clarke

Chemistry is a trade for people without enough imagination to be physicists.
- Arthur C. Clarke

New ideas pass through three periods:
 - It can't be done.
 - It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing.
 - I knew it was a good idea all along!
- Arthur C. Clarke

All explorers are seeking something they have lost. It is seldom that they find it, and more seldom still that the attainment brings them greater happiness than the quest.
- Arthur C. Clarke

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.
- Arthur C. Clarke

New ideas pass through three periods: *It can't be done. *It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing *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

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.
- Arthur C. Clarke

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
- Arthur C. Clarke

When a distinguished but elderly scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he says it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
- Arthur C. Clarke

The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible.
- Arthur C. Clarke

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

Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke

Amazon.com: An all-time science fiction classic, Rendezvous with Rama is also one of Clarke's best novels--it won the Campbell, Hugo, Jupiter, and Nebula Awards. A huge, mysterious, cylindrical object appears in space, swooping in toward the sun. The citizens of the solar system send a ship to investigate before the enigmatic craft, called Rama, disappears. The astronauts given the task of exploring the hollow cylindrical ship are able to decipher some, but definitely not all, of the extraterrestrial vehicle's puzzles. From the ubiquitous trilateral symmetry of its structures to its cylindrical sea and machine-island, Rama's secrets are strange evidence of an advanced civilization. But who, and where, are the Ramans, and what do they want with humans? Perhaps the answer lies with the busily working biots, or the sealed-off buildings, or the inaccessible "southern" half of the enormous cylinder. Rama's unsolved mysteries are tantalizing indeed. Rendezvous with Rama is fast moving, fascinating, and a must-read for science fiction fans. Clarke collaborated with Gentry Lee in writing several Rama sequels, beginning with Rama II.