"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." -Carl Sagan
"The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence from Jerusalem of a lunatic asylum." -Thomas Paine
"Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear." -Thomas Jefferson