Gateacre

“In twentieth-century Old Earth, a fast food chain took dead cow meat, fried it in grease, added carcinogens, wrapped it in petroleum-based foam, and sold nine hundred billion units. Human beings. Go figure.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“Baba Yaga: "... What are his powers"
Mirror on the wall: "He reads”
― Bill Willingham

“How many twenty-second-century bureaucrats did it take to change a light panel?
We'll have a sub-committee meeting and get back to you with an estimate.”
― Peter F. Hamilton, Great North Road

“Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos