>>Just to clarify, so you don't think I was talking about the UT (because I realised afterward how it could be read that way), I was referring to your Melissa Ethridge quote. Plagiarism is the 2nd sincerest form of flattery? ;)
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>I tried to verify the source of the quote just by googling on this quote, but didn't find a page where it says who told it first. So, you're saying it was Isaac Asimov, correct?

To the best of my knowledge. I think actually Heraclitus said something very similar way, way back, but Isaac said it pithier (if there is such a word - if not, then more pithily, or with more pithiness?).

Besides I know for a fact that Melissa Etheridge is a huge SF fan. (Actually, I just made that up to bolster my side).