So those who wished for some central cosmic purpose for us,... - Carl Sagan, The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God

"I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship."

"I think the discomfort that some people feel in going to the monkey cages at the zoo is a warning sign."

"Science is only a Latin word for knowledge"

"If we are merely matter intricately assembled, is this really demeaning? If there's nothing here but atoms, does that make us less or does that make matter more?"

"We make our purpose."