Quote of the Day – Arthur C. Clarke

Quote of the Day… not actually daily, but whenever I encounter one I think worth sharing and there are not too many in sequence.  I like quotes as they frequently distill a piece of wisdom into a brief passage, or make other points very succinctly – such as the witticisms of Oscar Wilde.

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” – Arthur C. Clarke

A little something to ruminate on for the this post election day.   I personally think there is other intelligent life out there.  However, our civilizations are like an old married couple in a king size bed, too far apart for anything to happen.  Unless you have a faster than light drive in your pocket somewhere, it is difficult to image how we would make contact.  But who knows, in the 50s I never envisioned the possibilities of hula hoops or cell phones…

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