“We pose no threat to them. It would be like us going out of our way...” – Ellie Arroway, Contact ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from Contact 1997

Ellie Arroway Jodie Foster

[On why the message does not foreshadow an alien attack]

We pose no threat to them. It would be like us going out of our way to destroy a few microbes on an ant hill in Africa.

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Ellie Arroway So what's more likely? That an all-powerful, mysterious God created the Universe, and decided not to give any proof of his existence? Or, that He simply doesn't exist at all, and that we created Him, so that we wouldn't have to feel so small and alone? Ellie Arroway Some celestial event. No - no words. No words to describe it. Poetry! They should have sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful... I had no idea. Ellie Arroway Ok to go... Ok to go