"There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable." - Douglas Adams

"Some say that the universe is made so that when we are about to understand it it changes into something even more incomprehensible. And then there are those who say that this has already happened." - Douglas Adams

"Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied." - Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet." - Woody Allen

"I gave my life to become what I am now. Was it worth it?" - Bach, Richard in 'One'

"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." - Berra, Yogi [Lawrence Peter] (1925- )

"Nothing is like it seems, but everything is exactly like it is." - Berra, Yogi [Lawrence Peter] (1925- )

"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite." - Blake, William (1757-1827) in 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' 1790-1793

"Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what's known as infinity." - Cocteau, Jean

"We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy." - Connolly, Cyril

"The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant." - DePree, Max quoted in 'Communicator' September 1992

"One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike--and yet it is the most precious thing we have." - Einstein, Albert

"Physical concepts are free creations of the human mind, and are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external world." - Einstein, Albert in 'Evolution of Physics' 1938

"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity." - Einstein, Albert

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." - Einstein, Albert

"Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which 'are' there." - Feynman, Richard

"Reality is what refuses to go away when I stop thinking about it." - Goebel, Greg

"'There is no truth beyond magic' ... reality is strange. Many people think reality is prosaic. I don't. We don't explain things away in science. We get closer to the mystery." - Goodwin, Brian quoted by Roger Lewin in 'Complexity' 1992

"If it's there and you can see it - it's real. If it's not there and you can see it - it's virtual. If it's there and you can't see it - it's transparent. If it's not there and you can't see it - you erased it!" - Hammer, Scott an old IBM VM statement

"God not only plays dice, he also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen." - Hawking, Stephen

"What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion." - Jacob, Max (1876-1944) in 'Art Po]tique' 1922

"In solitude we have our dreams to ourselves, and in company we agree to dream in concert." - Johnson, Samuel

"Life is what happens while you are making other plans." - Lennon, John

"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." - Lennon, John quoted on 'The Way It Is,' CBC-TV June 1969

"That which we call substance and reality is shadow and illusion, and that which we call shadow and illusion is substance and reality." - Lovecraft, H. P. in 'Through the Gates of the Silver Key', 'Omnibus 1: At the Mountains of Madness'

"The Man of Truth is beyond good and evil .... The Man of Truth has ridden to All-Is-One. The Man of Truth has learned that Illusion is the One Reality, and that Substance is the Great Imposter." - Lovecraft, H. P. spoken by 'a voice that was not a voice' in 'Through the Gates of the Silver Key',

"Reality is something you rise above." - Minnelli, Liza

"We may begin to see reality differently simply because the computer ... provides a different angle on reality." - Pagels, Heinz

"Roleplaying is an escapist activity that requires a good imagination, but it is not recommended for those with a poor grip on reality. It does not make weirdos, it simply attracts them." - rec.games.frp.* FAQ

"'Goodbye,' said the fox. 'And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.'" - Sainte-Exubery, Antoine de in 'The Little Prince'

"The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat." - Stefansson, Vilhjalmur

"The world is but a canvas to our imagination." - Thoreau, Henry David

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." - Twain, Mark [pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910)

"The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool." - Wagner, Jane

"Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about." - Whorf, Benjamin

"We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it." - Whorf, Benjamin

"There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning." - Wilder, Thornton

"Reality: What a concept!" - Williams, Robin

"Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question." - Williams, Tennessee

"If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world." - Wittgenstein, Ludwig