If we ever established contact with intelligent life on another world, there would be barriers to communication. First, they would be many light years away, so signals would take many years to reach them: there would be no scope for quick repartee. There might be an IQ gap.
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Mean nothing more than meow to an animal THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS There is either where we've been or where we hope to go, here is where we are, take a moment to give... DENNIS BARTON If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in... SAMUEL BUTLER ...Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel g... L.M. MONTGOMERY Without sound, There would be no music. And without music, There would be no life. SUZY KASSEM In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ec... E. O. WILSON I don't want to talk about those things. I see the worst in people. I don't need to look past seeing... PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON Wherever you are, be all there. CRAIG GROESCHEL They would be the first target (for suspicion) you would look at and frankly there aren't too many o... JAMES JEFFREY Who would know but ten years ago that kids would be texting each other all the time, that that would... AMY KLOBUCHAR If there were no girls like them in the world, there would be no poetry WILLA CATHER MUSIC OF THE UNIVERSE Without the orchestra of the universe, There would be no ether... SUZY KASSEM If an effect were to occur in 30 years, for many adults, that might not be that important. But a chi... GINA SOLOMON Obviously, under this approach, the scope for mergers would be far greater in metropolitan areas tha... HELEN COONAN Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine. JAMES CASH PENNEY It would be naive to think that if there is an injunction, there would be enough for everyone. BILL HUGHES Gravity is something that people take for granted ,but you would not no that it was generated by the... GARY F EVANS... It is impossible that there should be demonstration of absolutely everything; [for then] there would... ARISTOTLE There are some European manufacturers who would love to build plants in the United States if they co... BRUCE BAILEY There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. OSCAR WILDE There are many things that we would throw away, if we were not afraid that others might pick them up... OSCAR WILDE And I did wonder - because it's now three years ago since I left prison - whether there would come a... JEFFREY ARCHER Many services would be lost and there would be increased queues and waiting lists. JAN MCMAHON [Corpses would pile up.] The mortuary service would not be able to handle the numbers of dead, ... T... GREG POLAND If I fought for them and was crippled, they would all say nice things,and then they would replace me... ILONA ANDREWS Each individual who sent us messages supports Aggie bonfire. There would be many, many disappointed ... RYAN THOMPSON What a wonderful world this would be if there were as many wise people as there are clever people. SOURCE UNKNOWN Poverty must have many satisfactions, else there would not be so many poor people. DON HEROLD Every play should be 90 minutes. There would be so many more theatre-goers if plays were shorter. EVE MYLES That's a shame," said Bert, "to run out of crackers before you've run out of emergency. JAMES A. OWEN It's not easy. Many, many, many songs have been written about it. We wouldn't have anything to read ... CLAIRE DANES Not many kids would have wanted to be in there. MARCUS GINYARD If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We couldn't even eat hash with safety... JOSH BILLINGS If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We couldn't even eat hash with safety. JOSH BILLINGS WITHOUT RAIN THERE WOULD BE NO LIFE EVERYTHING WOULD DIE...... SHENIKWA MALONE There would be no passion in this world if we never had to fight for what we love. SUSIE SWITZER Pilots would get there and would be walking around and people would ask if they could fly someone el... FRED QUARLES If you took away all pain, if everyone lived forever, everything would be bland, flat and boring; th... MATT HAIG We perceive this to be an ongoing threat that will be there for many years to come. CRAIG JOHNSON But it's not something we would ever be able to do... unfortunately there are many things that could... HAROLD MITCHELL They would be in jail. There would be no ifs, ands or buts. GEORGIA GROVES It would be too far of a commute every day, and it would add a lot of miles to my car. There are so ... DEE ROBERTS If everything were anything," Chance said softly, "the barriers would break down, and we'd all lose ... JORDAN CASTILLO PRICE There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of ... ROALD DAHL My dream is to leave this business on my own terms, and if it were my terms, I would love to do the ... JAKE ROBERTS The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps t... SAMUEL SMILES Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the s... HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the s... HANS ANDERSEN 'If the world had no feeling, then there would be no suffering.. - the world would be such a better ... PORTIA HIGGS Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth. PETER BENCHLEY If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any sa... JOSH BILLINGS We were determined that wasn't going to happen. They did say we'd know within two years if there wou... CAROLE RUTLEDGE If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums wo... E. W. HOWE I would be true, for there are those who trust me; I would be pure, for there are those who care; I ... HOWARD ARNOLD WALTER There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. GORDON B. HINCKLEY If there were no God, there would be no Atheists. G. K. CHESTERTON If there were no God, there would be no atheists. G.K. CHESTERTON We had the buses take them home if there would be someone there. If not, they were taken to the room... ANN OWEN He should be sentenced for as many years as possible for the mental abuse he inflicted on me and my ... DIANA WILLIAMS There would be many more injections added to the recommended schedule and parents would defer having... GEORGE CARLO Be the girl you want your daughter to be. Be the girl you want your son to date. Be classy, be smart... GERMANY KENT They said there would be a lot of bloodshed and I would be one of the first to go. EDWARD CARABALLO To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If only 7 percent of the 2 billion Christians in the world would care for a single orphan in distres... STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN You are descended from warriors. An endless parade of warriors. You have been alive for a billion ye... NICK LAKE I assumed there would be an influx of women on the podium, but there are not many more at my level t... MARIN ALSOP If it wasn't for faith, there would be no living in this world; we couldn't even eat hash with any s... JOSH BILLINGS There would be a restriction on free speech if it involves a matter that would not show respect to a... CARRI JENKINS Well, there would be no sound if we shout on the background. ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES We knew they were bringing down some fan buses. But we didn't think there would be that many. ELLIE RADKE For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first. SUZANNE COLLINS When these so called 'morning-after' clinics were first founded, many worried that they would be con... JAMES KAHN I would be negligent if I didn't remind folks that there are still so many challenges ahead of us. COLLEEN HARTMAN They have an excellent offense; they might have the best offense in the league, ... We haven't beate... BOB BENSON I don't think we would limit her. If the swelling goes down and the function is there, she would be ... GEORGIA FISCHER If all the world were just, there would be no need of valor PLUTARCH There is no identification of this individual put out. If I would have done it, my picture would be ... JIM CARTER In the future, I'm sure there will be a lot more robots in every aspect of life. If you told peo... RODNEY BROOKS If there would have been subjective meaning of LIFE, it would be Happiness.. 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Imagine an existence with no life, no light, no universe ... ANGEL FLORES The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer w... AARON COPELAND The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer wou... AARON COPLAND
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