QUOTES ON THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE >> >>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." >> >>Unknown: "Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting >>thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things." >> >>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." >> >>Kilgore Trout: "The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest." >> >>Woody Allen: "I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe >>when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown." >> >>Douglas Adams: "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a >>lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." >> >>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." >> >>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."