Any Technology Distinguishable From Magic

If There Are Any Gods Whose Chief Concern Is Man, They Can't Be Very Important Gods.

If Man Survives For As Long As The Least Successful Of The Dinosaurs-those Creatures Whom We Often Deride As Nature's Failures-then We May Be Certain Of This: For All But A Vanishingly Brief Instant Near The Dawn Of History, The Word 'ship' Will Mean- 'spaceship.'

The Difference Between Machines And Human Beings Is That Human Beings Can Be Reproduced By Unskilled Labour.

Don't Mess Up The Environment Until You're Quite Sure What You're Doing.

In Accordance With The Terms Of The Clarke-asimov Treaty, The Second-best Science Writer Dedicates This Book To The Second-best Science-fiction Writer. [dedication To Isaac Asimov From Arthur C. Clarke In His Book Report On Planet Three]