The more wonderful the means of communication, the more trivial, tawdry, or depressing its contents seemed to be.
Arthur C. ClarkeWhether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference we should each be treated with appropriate respect.
Arthur C. ClarkeThat's one of those meaningless and unanswerable questions the mind keeps returning to endlessly, like the tongue exploring a broken tooth.
Arthur C. ClarkeWhen beauty is universal, it loses its power to move the heart, and only its absence can produce any emotional effect.
Arthur C. ClarkeMars is the next frontier, what the Wild West was, what America was 500 years ago. It's time to strike out anew....Mars is where the action is for the next thousand years....The characteristic of human nature, and perhaps our simian branch of the family, is curiosity and exploration. When we stop doing that, we won't be humans anymore. I've seen far more in my lifetime than I ever dreamed. Many of our problems on Earth can only be solved by space technology....The next step is in space. It's inevitable.
Arthur C. Clarke