Neil Degrasse Tyson. (№ 292557)

Whoever you were, doing search for the origins of life usually causes emotional excitement - as if knowledge began gives you a kind of friendship or even power over all that comes after. Thus, the truths of life apply to the universe: knowing your past is no less important than knowledge of its purpose.
No matter who you are, engaging in the quest to discover where and how things began tends to induce emotional fervor-as if knowing the beginning bestows upon you some form of fellowship with, or perhaps governance over, all that comes later. So what is true for life itself is no less true for the universe: knowing where you came from is no less important than knowing where you are going.