Excessive interest in pathological behavior was itself pathological Arthur C. Clarke More Quotes by Arthur C. Clarke More Quotes From Arthur C. Clarke It is a good principle in science not to believe any 'fact'---however well attested---until it fits into some accepted frame of reference. Occasionally, of course, an observation can shatter the frame and force the construction of a new one, but that is extremely rare. Galileos and Einsteins seldom appear more than once per century, which is just as well for the equanimity of mankind. Arthur C. Clarke principles believe facts I am an optimist. Anyone interested in the future has to be otherwise he would simply shoot himself. Arthur C. Clarke optimist optimistic Perhaps no other year before or since 1984 has been awaited with such eager anticipation. Arthur C. Clarke has-beens anticipation years To find anything comparable with our forthcoming ventures into space, we must go back far beyond Columbus, far beyond Odysseus-far, indeed, beyond the first ape-man. We must contemplate the moment, now irrevocably lost in the mists of time, when the ancestor off all of us came crawling out of the sea. Arthur C. Clarke space sea men Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of a ll Utopias - boredom. Arthur C. Clarke boredom lasts enemy When I start on a book, I have been thinking about it and making occasional notes for some time... So I have lots of theme, locale, subjects and technical ideas... I don't worry about long periods of not doing anything. I know my subconscious is busy. Arthur C. Clarke book ideas thinking Since women are better at producing babies, presumably Nature has given men some talent to compensate. But for the moment I can't think of it. Arthur C. Clarke baby men thinking Any path to knowledge is a path to God-or Reality, whichever word one prefers to use Arthur C. Clarke use path reality As his body became more and more defenseless, so his means of offense became steadily more frightful. Arthur C. Clarke offense body mean Death focuses the mind on the things that really matter: why are we here, and what should we do? Arthur C. Clarke should matter mind I will not be afraid because I understand ... And understanding is happiness. Arthur C. Clarke understanding A single test which proves some piece of theory wrong is more valuable than a hundred tests showing that idea might be true. Arthur C. Clarke pieces might ideas SETI is probably the most important quest of our time , and it amazes me that governments and corporations are not supporting it sufficiently. Arthur C. Clarke quests government important The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be. Arthur C. Clarke depressing communication mean Why, Robert Singh often wondered, did we give our hearts to friends whose life spans are so much shorter than our own? Arthur C. Clarke singh heart giving At the present rate of progress, it is almost impossible to imagine any technical feat that cannot be achieved - if it can be achieved at all - within the next few hundred years. Arthur C. Clarke progress science years I can never look now at the Milky Way without wondering from which of those banked clouds of stars the emissaries are coming. If you will pardon so commonplace a simile, we have set off the fire alarm and have nothing to do but to wait. I do not think we will have to wait for long. Arthur C. Clarke stars fire thinking I suspect that religion is a necessary evil in the childhood of our particular species. And that's one of the interesting things about contact with other intelligences: we could see what role, if any, religion plays in their development. I think that religion may be some random by-product of mammalian reproduction. If that's true, would non-mammalian aliens have a religion? Arthur C. Clarke evil play thinking A man who grows that much hair,' critics were fond of saying, 'must have a lot to hide. Arthur C. Clarke critics hair men When the Sun shrinks to a dull red dwarf, it will not be dying. It will just be starting to live and everything that has gone before will merely be a prelude to its real history. Arthur C. Clarke dwarves dying real
