New 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 goodideaknow Change image and share on social
The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke discoverimpossiblelimit Change image and share on social
If 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 distinguishelderlyimpossible Change image and share on social
We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 - and half the things he knows at 40 hadn't been discovered when he was 20? Arthur C. Clarke abandondiscoverhalf share on social
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. Arthur C. Clarke intelligenceprovesurvival Change image and share on social
It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars. Arthur C. Clarke eartheasyextreme Change image and share on social
The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium. Arthur C. Clarke 21stbegincentury Change image and share on social
I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her. Arthur C. Clarke godinterest Change image and share on social
Sometimes 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 caseideastagger Change image and share on social
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. Arthur C. Clarke entiregreathijack Change image and share on social