ねえ、私たちの銀河の…
「ねえ、私たちの銀河の中だけを見ても、あの空の向こうには四千億個もの恒星があるのよ。惑星を持っている確率がたった百万分の一でも、生命の存在する確率がわずか百万個に一つでも、それが知的生命体である確率が百万分の一しかなくても、大げさでなく数百万個の文明があの宇宙空間には存在すると思うわ」 「そうだな、そうじゃなきゃ、それこそ‘スペース’の凄まじい無駄遣いだ」 – 原作／カール・セーガン (1934 – 96)、監督／ロバート・ゼメキス (1952 – ): 『コンタクト』 （電波天文学者エリー・アロウェイ［ジョディ・フォスター (1962 – )］と宗教学者パーマー・ジョス［マシュー・マコノヒー (1969 – )］の対話） More »
![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: You can't take it with you (when you die [when you go]).](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/skull-837121_640-100x60.jpg)
![IMAGE: What is the nation's treasure? The will to (achieve) enlightenment is the treasure, and one who possesses it is the nation's treasure. Therefore there is an old saying that a string of (large) jewels is not the nation's treasure; the nation's treasure is one who lights up a (small) corner of the world [one who brightens the world at his corner / one who shines light into a dark corner].](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/candle-1285146_640-100x66.jpg)