In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie. — Carl Sagan

I have...a terrible need...shall I say the word?...of religion. Then I go out at night and paint the stars.

For a long time the human instinct to understand was thwarted by facile religious explanations.

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.