“How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant?' Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.'”

Carl Sagan in Pale Blue Dot

"The more you look like a samurai, the better your chances of survival."

Carl Sagan in Cosmos

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move."

Douglas Adams in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“DNS is, in a word, glorious”

Paul Vixie, ISC