Civilization Quote by Gerard K. O'Neill

I read 'The High Frontier' in high school. I read it multiple times, and I was already primed. As soon as I read it,…

— Jeff Bezos

I think that an advanced planetary civilization will modify their own planets to be more stable, to prevent asteroid impacts and dangerous climate fluctuations.

— David Grinspoon

The influence of geographic factors diminishes as technology grows. The character and contour of a terrain may offer opportunities for agriculture, mining, or trade,…

— Ariel Durant

It's worth remembering that all technology leaves a footprint. For example, our own technology is leaving a footprint in terms of global warming, which…

— Paul Davies

Seavilization will be better than civilization, and we have nearly half the world's surface to discover it.

— Joe Quirk

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

— Carl Sagan

Ultimately, what we're looking for in the long run is to find other Earth-like planets.

— Debra Fischer

Mars, the second planet from the sun in our solar system is touted to be the next home for human race in the coming…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

Why would you need to expand beyond the solar system if you already have access to all the information you need, and you've essentially…

— Alastair Reynolds

In the old days, land was important as the giver of all things. That period is gone now. Technology and brainpower are all that…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Our insatiable drive to rummage deep beneath the surface of the earth is a willful expansion of our dysfunctional civilization into Nature.

— Al Gore

I would like to see us get this place right first before we have the arrogance to put significantly flawed civilizations out onto other…

— Patrick Stewart