When one person suffers from a delusion it is called insanity; when many people suffer from a delusion it is called religion. (Robert Pirsig)

You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. (Ayn Rand)

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship. (John D. Rockefeller)

His ignorance is encyclopedic (Abba Eban)

It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. (Carl Sagan)