We Resume with Our Topic: A Self Evident Truth. Our discussion continues.

Dr Carl Sagan:  “We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."

Phil:  "My thoughts exactly.  We are The Physics of Music, The Universal Laws of Nature, The Cosmic Consciousness of the Multiverse waking up to give itself a breast exam, galactically speaking, of course."

Neil deGrasse Tyson:  "After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?" 

Galileo:  “The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the Universe to do.”    

Edwin Hubble:  "I can see clearly now!"

Ben Franklin:  "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."

Phil:  "One may wish to ascribe a greater purpose to Life." 

Sam:  "Protons must have their quarks. That no one can deny."

Charles Darwin:  "I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection."

Walter Kornbluth:   "She's a fish!"

Beach Boys:  "Help me Rhonda, get her out of my heart."

Phil:  "Happiness starts with a smile."

Dalai Lama:  "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."

Thomas Jefferson (with Ben Franklin editing):  “We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

Gloria Steinem:  "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."

Carrie Nation:  ““Men are nicotine-soaked, beer-besmirched, whiskey-greased, red-eyed devils.”

Teddy Roosevelt:  "Speak softly, but carry a big stick."

Al Capone:  "Speak easy, but carry a baseball bat."

Helen Reddy:  "I am woman, hear me roar."

Tony the tiger: "They're grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!"

Tiger Woods:  "Could you just maybe delete my name from your cell phone.  That would be huge."

Phil:  "...and ends without one."

Dr Carl Sagan: “Who are we?"

All:  "We are the world."

Michael Jackson:  "We are the children."

Dr Carl Sagan:  "We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.”

Carl Jung: "As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being."

Arthur C. Clarke:  "It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him."

Frank Morgan:  "I am the great and powerful....Wizard of Oz."

Dr Henry Frankenstein:  “It's alive!  It's alive!  It's alive!  It's alive!  IT'S ALIVE!"

Lois Lane:  "It's Superman!"

Jaques:  “All the world's a stage” 

Hamlet:  "wherein we'll catch the conscience of the King."