When the pioneers and adventurers of our past left their homes in search of new lands, they said good-bye forever to the place of their birth and the… - Arthur C. Clarke

When beauty is universal, it loses its power to move the heart,

I've been saying for a long time that I'm hoping to find intelligent life in Washington ... I'm reasonably sure there must be life in this solar system, on Mars or on Europa, and other places. I think life is probably going to be ubiquitous, though we still don't have any proof of that yet — and still less, any proof of intelligent life anywhere. But I hope that will be coming in the next decade or so through radio astronomy or, perhaps, the discovery of objects in space which are obviously artificial. Astronomical engineering — that may be the other thing to look for.

“I’m giving you an order, lady.”
“You’ve probably seen how well I respond to orders,” she said. “Look, you may as well save your breath.”