Arthur C. Clarke Quotes & Sayings

27 most famous Arthur C. Clarke quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an English writer who passed away on 18 March, 2008.

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

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

“The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.”

“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.”

“I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.”

“The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.”

“The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.”

“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.”

“Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.”

“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!”