I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.

The creation of wealth is certainly not to be despised, but in the long run the only human activities really worthwhile are the search for knowledge, and the creation of beauty. This is beyond argument, the only point of debate is which comes first.

When you finally understand the universe, it will not only be stranger than you imagine, it will be stranger than you can imagine.

But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.

Those wanderers must have looked on Earth, circling safely in the narrow zone between fire and ice, and must have guessed that it was the favourite of the Sun's children.

The intelligent minority of this world will mark 1 January 2001 as the real beginning of the 21st century and the Third Millennium.

I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.