Quotes on the Nature of the Universe

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Carl Zwanzig "Duct tape is like the Force. It has a light side, a dark

side, and it holds the universe together...."

Douglas Adams "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody

discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is

here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more

bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory

which states that this has already happened."

Albert Einstein "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human

stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

Rich Cook "Programming today is a race between software engineers

striving to build bigger and better idiot- proof

programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots.

So far, the Universe is winning."

Edward P. Tryon "In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer

the modest proposal that our Universe is simply

one of those things which happen from time to time."

Max Frisch "Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man

doesn't have to experience it."

Woody Allen "I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe

when it's hard enough to find your way around

Chinatown."

Fred Hoyle "There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't

know what it's a plan for."

Christopher Morley "My theology, briefly, is that the universe was

dictated but not signed."

Edward Chilton "I'm worried that the universe will soon need

replacing. It's not holding a charge."

Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson) "The surest sign that intelligent

life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never

tried to contact us."