"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."

-- Carl Sagan

#Lonely Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Blue Quotes

“I did have an occasion in 1951 to have two days of observation of many flights of them, they were of different sizes, flying in fighter formation, generally from east to west over Europe.”
“I like Hilary Clinton. I think she's - she's a fantastic leader.”
“The past can be escaped only by embracing something better.”
“Your memory and your senses will be nourishment for your creativity.”

Source : Arthur Rimbaud (2013). “A Season in Hell & Illuminations”, Modern Library
“I have seen the mystics play there Once or twice but I knew they had a reason Enchantment plays it's cards all right Hand in hand with the working of the seasons Legends can be now and forever Teaching us to love for goodness sake Legends can be now and forever Loved by the sun, loved by the sun”
“Her hair was strawberry blond, and she had the shape of a popsicle stick: turn her sideways and she practically disappeared.”
“[C]ollaborative production is simple: no one person can take credit for what gets created, and the project could not come into being without the participation of many.”

Source : Clay Shirky (2009). “Here Comes Everybody: How Change Happens when People Come Together”, p.48, Penguin UK
“Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.”

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