If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. (Carl Sagan)

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. (H. G. Wells)

We have art to save ourselves from the truth. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

The fundamental cause of trouble in the world is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt. (Bertrand Russell)

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. (Ayn Rand)