What I'm asking is... are we happier? Is the world fundamentally a better place because of science and technology? We shop at home, we surf the Web, and at the same time we feel emptier, lonelier, and more cut off from each other than at any other time in human history...
As a man of faith, I am bound by a different covenant than Dr. Arroway. But our goal is one and the same: the pursuit of truth. I for one believe her.
Michael Kitz: Your having sent this announcement all over the world may well constitute a breach of national security. Ellie Arroway: This isn't a person-to-person call. You can't possibly think that…
First rule in government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price?
Senator: You come to us with no evidence, no record, no artifacts. Only a story that, to put it mildly, strains credibility... Are you really going to sit there and tell us that we should just take…
I'm not against technology, doctor. I'm against the men who deify it at the expense of human truth.
Committee member: If you should meet these Vegans and were permitted only one question to ask of them what would it be? Ellie Arroway: I suppose it would be: How did you do it? How did you evolve…