Arthur C. Clarke idézetek
Arthur C. Clarke: Idézetek angolul
“The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.”
"Credo" (1991); also in Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! : Collected Essays, 1934-1998 (1999), p. 360
1990s
“Perhaps our role on this planet is not to worship God — but to create Him.”
"The Mind of the Machine" in Report on Planet Three and Other Speculations (1972)
1970s
“It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.”
As quoted in Duh! : The Stupid History of the Human Race (2000) by Bob Fenster, p. 208
2000s and attributed from posthumous publications
“A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.”
Forrás: The Exploration of Space
“It must be wonderful to be seventeen, and to know everything.”
Forrás: 2010: Odyssey Two
“It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.”
Forrás: 2001: A Space Odyssey
“Science is the only religion of mankind.”
Forrás: Childhood's End
“Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything.”
Forrás: 2001: A Space Odyssey
As quoted in The Making of Kubrick's 2001 (1970) by Jerome Agel, p. 300
1970s
Kontextus: One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a flexibility of mind. Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. Two-thirds of 2001 is realistic — hardware and technology — to establish background for the metaphysical, philosophical, and religious meanings later.
"Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination" in Profiles of the Future (1962)
Perhaps the adjective "elderly" requires definition. In physics, mathematics, and astronautics it means over thirty; in the other disciplines, senile decay is sometimes postponed to the forties. There are, of course, glorious exceptions; but as every researcher just out of college knows, scientists of over fifty are good for nothing but board meetings, and should at all costs be kept out of the laboratory!
"Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination" in Profiles of the Future (1962; as revised in 1973)
On Clarke's Laws
As quoted in The Peter Plan : A Proposal for Survival (1976) by Laurence J. Peter
1970s
“I will not be afraid because I understand… And understanding is happiness.”
Rama Revealed
Guardian Angel, p. 220
2000s and posthumous publications, The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (2001)
Forrás: Childhood's End
“Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets.”
1950s
Forrás: Childhood's End (1953), p. 15
Kontextus: Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the non-existence of Zeus or Thor — but they have few followers now.
“Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence”
Forrás: 3001: The Final Odyssey
Forrás: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
