Or what if everything we know and love were just a…

While many alien species are harmless, others pose expensive threats to seas and fields and forests.

— Nancy Gibbs

What sweetens the deal for me is that I get to develop an alien species from the ground up. I'm playing Saru, a Kelpian,…

— Doug Jones

“Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it is presumptuous…

— Orson Scott Card

“No, child,” Nona said. “We were victims of the faeries’ pride and greed.” “Victims? Sorry, but most of you don’t seem very victimish to…

— Kiersten White

I always felt that if we ever encountered an alien species, they wouldn't look like us or even be humanoid, like 'E.T.'

— David S. Goyer

“The Greys are the most commonly reported alien species. They are the classic alien with large bug-like eyes, a slit for a mouth, small…

— J.W. Patterson

The difference between raman and varelse is not in the creature judged, but in the creature judging. When we declare an alien species to…

— Orson Scott Card

Intelligent life can't be all that common because it's really rare on Earth and especially since we define ourselves to be intelligent. But in…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I said that if an alien came to visit, I'd be embarrassed to tell them that we fight wars to pull fossil fuels out…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I'm perennially intrigued how people who lead largely evidence-based lives can, in a belief-based part of their mind, be certain that an invisible, divine…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not and end…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

In a movie, it's often important to have aliens whose gestures and facial expressions can be 'read' by humans. And in the days before…

— Seth Shostak

Some pundits have proposed that the aliens have come here to breed with us. Apparently, too much bike riding or something similar has rendered…

— Seth Shostak

“If you are an alien, how come you sound like you're from the north?' 'Lots of planets have a north!”

— Russell T Davies

If you're going to immerse yourself in a project for three years, why not stake out a chunk of the world that is completely…

— Richard Powers