Bill Gates

Gates is the ultimate programming machine. He believes everything can be defined, examined, reduced to essentials, and rearranged into a logical sequence that will achieve a particular goal. (Stewart Alsop)

Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.(and this is by Bill Gates himself)

Henri Matisse
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

Evolution
Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. (Isaac Asimov)

Orchids
Orchids are beautiful in real life. They come in all sorts and colors and kinds as you may know. This one I took at my dad's place. He always does a good job keeping them alive. And seeing to it that they start bloomimg again. Here's the result.