Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way of thinking: a way of skeptically interrogating the universe.

What a splendid perspective contact with a profoundly different civilization might provide! In a cosmic setting vast and old beyond ordinary human understanding we are a little lonely, and we ponder the ultimate significance, if any, of our tiny but exquisite blue planet, the Earth.... In the deepest sense the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a search for ourselves.

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.

What began in deadly competition has helped us to see that global cooperation is the essential precondition for our survival. Travel is broadening. It's time to hit the road again.

We are the universe experiencing itself.

Has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science? . . . No other human institution comes close.

Real patriots ask questions.