01c. 1962 ADThe confrontation lasted about five minutes; then the display died out as quickly as it had begun, and everyone drank his fill of the muddy water. Honor had been satisfied; each group had staked its claim to its own territory.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
02c. 1962 ADWestern man had relearned-what the rest of the world had never forgotten-that there was nothing sinful in leisure as long as it did not degenerate into mere sloth.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
03c. 1962 ADYes, it made sense, and was so absurdly simple that it would take a genius to think of it. And, perhaps, someone who did not expect to do it himself.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
04c. 1962 ADMen knew better than they realized, when they placed the abode of the gods beyond the reach of gravity.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
05c. 1962 ADAfter the struggle for sheer existence, they had no energy left for a civilization.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
06c. 1962 ADMichael O'Toole had no difficulty recognizing which questions in life should be answered by physics and which ones by religion.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
08c. 1962 ADIn accordance with the terms of the Clarke-Asimov treaty, the second-bestscience writer dedicates this book to the second-best science-fictionwriter.[dedication to Isaac Asimov from Arthur C. Clarke in his book Report on Planet Three]Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
10c. 1962 ADExcessive interest in pathological behavior was itself pathologicalArthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
11c. 1962 ADMany of the fundamental physical constants-which as far as one could see, God could have given any value He liked-are in fact very precised adjusted, or fine-tuned, to produce the only kind of Universe that makes our existence possible.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
12c. 1962 ADNever attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetenceArthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
13c. 1962 ADThe only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
14c. 1962 ADSometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
15c. 1962 ADPerhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it can't hide forever - one day we will overhear it.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
16c. 1962 ADReading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
17c. 1962 ADHow inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
18c. 1962 ADHuman judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
19c. 1962 ADIf 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.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
20c. 1962 ADThis is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is a little ironic since we may not have one.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
21c. 1962 ADThe greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
23c. 1962 ADNew ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
24c. 1962 ADI have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.Arthur C. Clarke / quote ↗
