--- title: "2 Dominating Quotes By Clifford D. Simak" description: "2 Dominating quotes by Clifford D. Simak. Plus more from Clifford D. Simak and more Dominating sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/clifford-d-simak-12884_capability_it-would-seem-to-me-that-by-the-time-a-r_2322226.jpg" --- > [It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would have matured to a point where it would have no thought of dominating another intelligent species](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/it-would-seem-to-me-that-by-the-time-a-race-has-achieved-deep-space/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/clifford-d-simak-12884_capability_it-would-seem-to-me-that-by-the-time-a-r_2322226.jpg) > [My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not likely to be invaded and taken over. It would seem to me that by the time a race has achieved deep space capability it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/my-reluctance-to-use-alien-invasion-is-due-to-the-feeling-that-we-are-2/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/clifford-d-simak-12884_able_my-reluctance-to-use-alien-invasion-is-d_2699388.jpg) ## Other authors on Dominating ## More by Clifford D. Simak > [Must faith be exactly that, the willingness and ability to believe in the face of a lack of evidence? If one could find the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/must-faith-be-exactly-that-the-willingness-and-ability-to-believe-in/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [Time is still the great mystery to us. It is no more than a concept; we don't know if it even exists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/time-is-still-the-great-mystery-to-us-it-is-no-more-than-a-concept-we/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [My reluctance to use alien invasion is due to the feeling that we are not likely to be invaded and taken over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/my-reluctance-to-use-alien-invasion-is-due-to-the-feeling-that-we-are/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [Inside the time bubble we do not age. We age only when we are outside of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/inside-the-time-bubble-we-do-not-age-we-age-only-when-we-are-outside/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [The chain of life runs smoothly from one generation to the next and none of the links stand out except here and there a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/the-chain-of-life-runs-smoothly-from-one-generation-to-the-next-and/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [“Man's inability to understand and appreciate the thought and viewpoint of another man would be a stumbling block which no amount of mechanical ability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/man-s-inability-to-understand-and-appreciate-the-thought-and/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/here-lies-one-from-a-distant-star-but-the-soil-is-not-alien-to-him/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [I have not long to live. I have lasted more than a man's average allotted span, and while I still am hale and hearty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/i-have-not-long-to-live-i-have-lasted-more-than-a-man-s-average/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [I did not want to move. For I had the feeling that this was a place, once seen, that could not be seen again.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/i-did-not-want-to-move-for-i-had-the-feeling-that-this-was-a-place/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [“Money here on Earth is more than the paper or the metal that you use for money, more than the rows of figures that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/money-here-on-earth-is-more-than-the-paper-or-the-metal-that-you-use/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [“Bridgeport, Wis. July 11, 1987 I write this letter to myself, so that the postmark may prove beyond controversy the day and year that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/bridgeport-wis-july-11-1987-i-write-this-letter-to-myself-so-that-the/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/it-is-only-of-life-on-earth-however-that-one-can-speak-with-any/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [This is the very center of everything there is. A huge black hole eating up the galaxy. The end of everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/this-is-the-very-center-of-everything-there-is-a-huge-black-hole/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human life, but of all life on Earth and of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/when-i-talk-of-the-purpose-of-life-i-am-thinking-not-only-of-human/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) > [I have tried at times to place humans in perspective against the vastness of universal time and space. I have been concerned with where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clifford-d-simak/i-have-tried-at-times-to-place-humans-in-perspective-against-the/) [Clifford D. Simak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clifford-d-simak/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dominating/clifford-d-simak/#itemlist", "name": "2 Dominating Quotes By Clifford D. 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