Bill Watterson, in his comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes (spoken by the character Calvin).
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I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
— Bill Watterson on Extraterrestrial life
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Source: Wikiquote: "Extraterrestrial life" (Quotes, In fiction)
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About Bill Watterson
William B. "Bill" Watterson II (born July 5 1958) is the author of the comic-strip Calvin and Hobbes.
About Bill Watterson
William B. "Bill" Watterson II (born July 5 1958) is the author of the comic-strip Calvin and Hobbes.
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