"Do you know what we call opinion in the absence of evidence? We call it prejudice."
— Michael Crichton (State of Fear)

"It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

"You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity."
— Rick Warren (The Purpose-driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?)

"Life is a gift...
Life is a test...
Life is temporary assignment...."
— Rick Warren (The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here for?)

"We're all human, aren't we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

"The things you own end up owning you."
— Chuck Palahniuk

"The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person."
— Chuck Palahniuk (Invisible Monsters)

"You are not your job, you're not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis. You are all singing, all dancing crap of the world."
— Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club)

"It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things"
— Donald Miller

"Equations are the devil's sentences."
— Stephen Colbert

"Agnostics are just atheists without balls."
— Stephen Colbert (I Am America: And So Can You!)

"If our Founding Fathers wanted us to care about the rest of the world, they wouldn't have declared their independence from it."
— Stephen Colbert

"Here's an easy way to figure out if you're in a cult:If you're wondering whether you're in a cult, the answer is yes."
— Stephen Colbert (I Am America: And So Can You!)

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss

"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
— Albert Einstein

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night."
— Steve Martin

""A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men."

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— Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka

"Inside this room all of my dreams become realities, and some of my realities become dreams."
— Willy Wonka (played by Gene Wilder)

"Talking about music is like dancing about architecture."
— Steve Martin

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
— Carl Sagan

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere."
— Carl Sagan

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe."
— Carl Sagan

"Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."
— Carl Sagan

"It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese."
— Carl Sagan

"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time."
— Carl Sagan

"I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way."
— Carl Sagan

"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. When we recognize our place in an immensity of light-years and in the passage of ages, when we grasp the intricacy, beauty, and subtlety of life, then that soaring feeling, that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual. So are our emotions in the presence of great art or music or literature, or acts of exemplary selfless courage such as those of Mohandas Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both."
— Carl Sagan (The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark)