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- Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.
- Cullen Hightower
- This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.
- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
- A man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
- Thomas Hardy
- Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.
- Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
- Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.
- Louis L'Amour (1908 - 1988)
- Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
- Gary Zukav, "The Dancing Wu Li Masters"
- I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
- Buzz Aldrin (1930 - )
- I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.
- Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
- Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
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