Author of quotes: Arthur C. Clarke

For each expert there is a similar expert with the opposite point of view.

My grandfather, the first Mekenzie, lived to be two thousand, but could only count to ten. And he described the total eclipse of the moon as follows: "The kerosene lamp of Jesus Christ has completely bent." I can express the orbital motion of the Moon in differential equations, but this does not mean that I am smarter than my grandfather. Change us in time - maybe he would become a better physicist than me. Different circumstances and possibilities, that's the point. Grandfather had no opportunity to learn counting; I didn’t have to raise a family in the desert - it’s a serious work that requires a lot of skill.

How can there be ghosts in a world that never knew life.

We tend to believe we have free will, but can we exactly be sure?

What's the use to indulge in fruitless speculation, the building of a pyramid of guesses in the sand of ignorance...

I don't believe in astrology. My sign is Sagittarius, and Sagittarians are by nature skeptics.

The most decent answer - do not answer and just wait for further developments.

... Bomb ominously resembled a hammer raised to strike. It was hammer, powerful enough to crush the whole world.

He saw a lot, but her imagination carried him further away, it seemed to him that the ridges of the mountains are hidden magical country, full of astonishing creatures. And many years later, he avoided those places, knowing that the dream will not withstand a collision with reality.

The complete absence of sound - as is not natural: all human feelings need some stimulus. And if they are deprived of it, the brain tries to create a replacement.

Our perception is an unreliable thing. You think that everything is in order, and maybe take another breath and stretch the legs...

Probably 99% of human abilities are being wasted in vain, even today people who consider themselves educated, work mostly as the machines, only once or twice in a lifetime comprehending for a moment those powerful, but deeply hidden capacities of their minds.

They have no books and so has developed a wonderful memory. They can tell you about what happened in the sea many centuries ago... And that's understandable. After all, before people invented writing, they had to keep everything in mind. So do the dolphins.

The epitaph of our race, running written glowing letters, would read: "Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they first give TV." We become a race of spectators, not creators. But on the other hand, watching television is like breathing: without it not to manage. A person can live longer without food than without information. Catch - in the educational system: people need to teach legibility. Only self-discipline will be able to withstand the magical forces which will be caused by us to life. Otherwise it will become sponges.