Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
CARL SAGANBooks are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite television programs.
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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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