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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When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

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...

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science...

As our own species is in the process of proving, one cannot have superior science...

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.

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...

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 only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them...

The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them...

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.

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...

I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.

I don't believe in God but I'm very interested in her.

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can...

New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can...

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

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...

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is...

This is the first age that's ever paid much attention to the future, which is...

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...

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...

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 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...