Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it can't hide forever - one day we will overhear it.

Quote by Arthur C Clarke

Topics: Arthur C Clarke Quotes

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God -...

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God -...

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

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

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero...

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but...

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In...

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In...

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them...

The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them...

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can...

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can...

We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can...

We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can...

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up...

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up...

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning...

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning...

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science...

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science...

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't...

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't...

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but...

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God, but...

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian...

This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in...

This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in...