Present Cosmos

Famous quotes containing the words present and/or cosmos:

    The present is never poetic as it serves necessity, necessity, however, is prosaic.
    Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    To sum up:
    1. The cosmos is a gigantic fly-wheel making 10,000 revolutions a minute.
    2. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it.
    3. Religion is the theory that the wheel was designed and set spinning to give him the ride.
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)