"Free will. It's like butterfly wings: once touched, they never get off the ground. No, I only set the stage. You pull your own strings." ~ John Milton

"This doctrine, that of the ghost in the machine, strictly separates the mind or soul from the body. And by doing so it takes the soul outside the sphere of mechanical or scientific explanation. It splits the world of the mind from the world of science. It is often supposed to protect our cherished free will." ~ Simon Blackburn

"When the first living atom found itself afloat on the great Laurentian sea, the first act of that atom led to the second act of that first atom, and so on down through the succeeding ages of all life until, if the steps could be traced, it would be shown that the first act of that first atom has inevitably to the act of my standing in my kilt at this instant, talking to you." ~ Samuel Clemens (fictionalized in Riverworld: The Magic Labyrinth by Philip Jose Farmer)

All Hail Hypnotoad!