There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
CARL SAGANThe Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
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