Quotes from Arthur C. Clarke
But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.
— Arthur C. Clarke
When beauty is universal, it loses its power to move the heart, and only its absence can produce any emotional effect.
— Arthur C. Clarke
Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded.
— Arthur C. Clarke
The goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play. That's why we have to destroy the present politico-economic system.
— Arthur C. Clarke
But there was no substitute for reality; one should beware of imitations.
— Arthur C. Clarke
We are just tenants on this world. We have just been given a new lease, and a warning from the landlord.
— Arthur C. Clarke
But he knew well enough that any man in the right circumstances could be dehumanised by panic.
— Arthur C. Clarke
After the struggle for sheer existence, they had no energy left for a civilization.
— Arthur C. Clarke
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.
— Arthur C. Clarke
All political problems can be solved by the correct application of power.
— Arthur C. Clarke
He wanted to close his eyes and shut out the pearly nothingness that surrounded him, but that was an act of a coward and he would not yield to it.
— Arthur C. Clarke
The simplest solution is always best.
— Arthur C. Clarke