A lot of secular, modern people claim to be disillusioned whenever they learn that any smart person is religious. That's applicable to Newton as it is to any other religious smart person
Neal StephensonAnd it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all.
Neal StephensonOur opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs," I said. "We have a protractor.
Neal Stephenson