But where is everybody?
Enrico Fermi
The mighty ships tore across the empty wastes of space and finally dived screaming on to the first planet they came across – which happened to be the Earth – where due to a terrible miscalculation of scale the entire battle fleet was accidentally swallowed by a small dog.
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
Arthur C. Clarke, Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century
The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.
Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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