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

— Arthur C. Clarke

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

If man can live in Manhattan, he can live anywhere.

— Arthur C. Clarke

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power.

— Arthur C. Clarke

Imagine that every man’s mind is an island, surrounded by ocean. Each seems isolated, yet in reality all are linked by the bedrock from which they spring. If the ocean were to vanish, that would be the end of the islands. They would all be part of one continent, but the individuality would have gone

— Arthur C. Clarke

I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.

— Arthur C. Clarke

In accordance with the terms of the Clarke-Asimov treaty, the second-best science writer dedicates this book to the second-best science-fiction writer.[dedication to Isaac Asimov from Arthur C. Clarke in his book Report on Planet Three]

— Arthur C. Clarke

In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - can possibly have the same lasting value. For when your life is over, if you can say 'I have learned' and 'I have loved,' you will also be able to say 'I have been happy.

— Arthur C. Clarke

In this universe the night was falling; the shadows were lengthening towards an east that would not know another dawn. But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning lingered; and along the path he once had followed, Man would one day go again.

— Arthur C. Clarke

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

— Arthur C. Clarke