In this single galaxy of ours there are eighty-seven thousand million suns. [...] In challenging it, you would be like ants attempting to label and classify all the grains of sand in all the deserts of the world. [...] It is a bitter thought, but you must face it. The planets you may one day possess. But the stars are not for man.
Arthur C. ClarkeThe one fact about the future of which we can be certain is that it will be utterly fantastic.
Arthur C. ClarkeI sometimes wonder how we spent leisure time before satellite television and Internet came alongโฆand then I realise that I have spent more than half of my life in the โdark agesโ!
Arthur C. ClarkeA wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the search for Truth, Beauty and Love. What more is needed? Should there be a โmeaningโ as well, that will be a bonus? If we waste time looking for lifeโs meaning, we may have no time to live โ or to play.
Arthur C. Clarke