Quotes by Encyclopedia Britannica The Encyclopedia Britannica, 15th edition, devotes 20,000 words to the person of Jesus Christ and never once hints that He didn't exist. John Ankerberg encyclopedia-britannica hints jesus When I was about ten my favourite article in the huge and mouldering Encyclopedia Britannica we owned (the ninth edition) was the one on Lycanthropy. (Yes, I had a favourite 1890s Britannica article when I was ten. I am now aware this is not entirely usual.) Neil Gaiman encyclopedia-britannica favourite usual There is enough information capacity in a single human cell to store the Encyclopedia Britannica, all 30 volumes of it, three or four times over. Richard Dawkins encyclopedia-britannica three cells Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica. Stephen Leacock encyclopedia-britannica carpe-diem ignorance