'The Devil in the Dark' impressed me because it presented the idea, unusual in science fiction then and now, that something weird, and even dangerous, need not be malevolent. That is a lesson that many of today's politicians have yet to learn.
Arthur C. ClarkeThe phenomenon of UFO doesn't say anything about the presence of intelligence in space. It just shows how rare it is here on the earth.
Arthur C. ClarkeJudge me by my deeds, though they are few, rather than my words, though they are many.
Arthur C. ClarkeDeep beneath the surface of the Sun, enormous forces were gathering. At any moment, the energies of a million hydrogen bombs might burst forth in the awesome explosion.... Climbing at millions of miles per hour, an invisible fireball many times the size of Earth would leap from the Sun and head out across space.
Arthur C. Clarke