The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent. Carl Sagan
It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Carl Sagan
Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. Bill Watterson
Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it. Mason Cooley
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Douglas Adams
The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear. Richard Dawkins