"[The universe was made] by some snot-nose kid in their parent's basement in some alien civilization who's bored and they're more advanced than we are and they have way more computing power than we do, and so they program in enough detail to completely simulate every molecule in this universe and we are here for their entertainment. How else can you explain where things are going on just fine in the world and then all of the sudden there's a complete disruption. Culturally, politically, economically, a complete disruption! I think they throw it in for entertainment, that's what I think." - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Very applicable to 2017: Captain Jean-Luc Picard: You know, there are some words I've known since I was a schoolboy: "With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie, as wisdom and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. I fear that today... For full context, see the Star Trek TNG episode: The Drumhead
"Isoja kaloja kannattaa pyytää vaikkei saisikaan." meaning "Big fish are worth fishing even if you don't catch one." - Finnish proverb.
"Every account on reddit is a bot except you." - Some bot on Reddit Not necessarily inspiring or anything, but the thread it came from is super meta.
The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek therefore, not to find out Who You Are, but seek to determine Who You Want to Be. - Neale Donald Walsch
"I'll show you a God who falls asleep on the job And how can we win when fools can be kings? Don't waste your time or time will waste you No one's gonna take me alive The time has come to make things right You and I must fight for our rights You and I must fight to survive" "And I've had recurring nightmares That I was loved for who I am And missed the opportunity To be a better man" -Muse, Knights of Cydonia and Hoodoo (in order), written and sang by Matt Bellamy.
"Anything's a quote if you take it out of context." - Some internet person I think about this quote a lot.