“There's always that one location, one store location that's constantly changing hands. Everybody has this in their neighborhood, it's a leather store, it's a yogurt shop, it's a pet supply. It's constantly changing and nobody can do business there. It's like some sort of Bermuda Triangle of retail,…”— Tom Leopold, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com
“But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.”— Arthur C. Clarke, amazon.com
“But the barriers of distance are crumbling; one day we shall meet our equals, or our masters, among the stars.”— Arthur C. Clarke, amazon.com
“Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”— Arthur C. Clarke, clarkefoundation.org
“The best proof that there’s intelligent life in outer space is the fact that it hasn’t come here.”— Arthur C. Clarke, clarkefoundation.org
“The same math that makes it almost impossible for us to be alone in the universe also makes it almost impossible we'll meet any other beings.”— Night Vale podcast, twitter.com
“If aliens did visit us, I’d be embarrassed to tell them we still dig fossil fuels from the ground as a source of energy.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com
“Had a dream where evil space creatures intent on destroying humankind land, watch us for a few days, shrug, then take off.”— Conan O'Brien, twitter.com
“If there were other civilizations out there, why would they ever want to make contact with humanity? If this was how we treated each other, how much kindness could we possibly show to some race of bug-eyed beings from beyond?”— Ernest Cline, amazon.com
“An international team of scientists from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is investigating mysterious signal spikes emitting from a 6.3-billion-year-old star in the constellation Hercules—95 light years away from Earth. The implications are extraordinary and point to the possibili…”— Robin Seemangal, observer.com
“If I ever met a Space Alien, I’d resist shaking its extended appendage, not knowing for sure the details of alien anatomy.”— Neil deGrasse Tyson, twitter.com
“If the government is covering up knowledge of aliens, they are doing a better job of it than they do at anything else.”— Stephen Hawking, books.google.com
“We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet.”— Stephen Hawking, books.google.com
“If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.”— Stephen Hawking, books.google.com
“The Holy Grail is to hear music from another planet, which has not been influenced by us whatsoever. Or even better from lots of different planets.”— Richard D. James, pitchfork.com