Quote by Enrico Fermi
"The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy."
More from Enrico Fermi
"Where are they?"
"The effort to build a space-faring civilization, that's worth doing."
"Whatever the ups and downs of the details which we learn or unlearn, the speak of science only increases."
"I think it is good merely to emphasize again that, in physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself—nature does it for you."