The Thing About Smart People

I Think [contacting An Alien Civilization] Would Be A Disaster. The Extraterrestrials Would Probably Be Far In Advance Of Us. The History Of Advanced Races Meeting More Primitive People On This Planet Is Not Very Happy, And They Were The Same Species. I Think We Should Keep Our Heads Low.

So Long As The Universe Had A Beginning, We Could Suppose It Had A Creator. But If The Universe Is Really Completely Self-contained, It Would Have Neither Beginning Or End, It Would Simply Be. What Place Then For A Creator?

Success Is A Relative Term. It Brings So Many Relatives.

Then We Shall... Be Able To Take Part In The Discussion Of The Question Of Why It Is That We And The Universe Exist. If We Find The Answer To That, It Would Be The Ultimate Triumph Of Human Reason - For Then We Would Know The Mind Of God.

If Human Life Were Long Enough To Find The Ultimate Theory, Everything Would Have Been Solved By Previous Generations. Nothing Would Be Left To Be Discovered.