“Just knowing that there's somebody else out there - that what's happen...” — Seth Shostak Quote

“Just knowing that there's somebody else out there - that what's happened on this planet has also happened in many other places - that might change our lives in a very subtle way, but it's interesting to know and worth looking for.”

“Studying Sol's interior by looking for analogous patterns on its incandescent face is known as helioseismology, an active - if largely unpronounceable - research area that uses sound as a probe of our home star.”

“When I graduated high school, nearly a half-million people subscribed to 'Popular Electronics' magazine. Soldering up some radio or hi-fi amplifier on the basement workbench was not just a personal passion - a lot of young people were doing the same. The magazine expired in 1999 for lack of interest.”

“I'm almost sometimes too subtle in my acting.”

“I'm kind of a subtle person.”

“Homophobia obviously still exists, but it is a lot more subtle, and it is a lot more in the background.”