The time was fast approaching when Earth, like all mothers, must say farewell to her children.

I believe any malevolent supercivilisation would have rapidly self-destructed as we may be in the process of doing ourselves. If we do have contact, physical contact with aliens, I think it will be benign.

No communication technology has ever disappeared, but instead becomes increasingly less important as the technological horizon widens.

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

Science is the only religion of mankind.

We over estimate technology in the short term and under estimate technology in the long term.

Perhaps no other year before or since 1984 has been awaited with such eager anticipation.