“Some rules are bigger than the universe.”

“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist

“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.”

Rick Cook (1944) American writer

“The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive.”

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) Scottish physician and author

“Number rules the universe.”

Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher

“As always, it was necessary to strike a balance between a cavalier disregard for the rules and a professional understanding that some rules were more flexible than others.”

Alastair Reynolds book Century Rain

“There should be some kind of rule against needing to kill anything more than once.”

Jim Butcher book Grave Peril

“In some respects, science has far surpassed religion in delivering awe. How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, "This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant. God must be even greater than we dreamed"? Instead they say, "No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way."”

Carl Sagan book Pale Blue Dot

“Two forces rule the universe: light and gravity.”

Simone Weil (1909–1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist

“A principle is universal, a rule is inflexible, a law is invariable.”

Robert Fripp (1946) English guitarist, composer and record producer