Perhaps, as some wit remarked, the best proof that there is Intelligent Life in Outer Space is the fact it hasn't come here. Well, it can't hide forever - one day we will overhear it.

Quote by Arthur C Clarke

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The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the...

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the...

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them...

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them...

Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.

Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't...

I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't...

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In...

Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In...

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking...

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking...

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long...

It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long...

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning...

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning...

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero...

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero...

I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.

I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical.

CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted...

CNN is one of the participants in the war. I have a fantasy where Ted...

We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can...

We have to abandon the idea that schooling is something restricted to youth. How can...

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up...

Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up...

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God -...

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God -...

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.

Human judges can show mercy. But against the laws of nature, there is no appeal.