The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
CARL SAGANA galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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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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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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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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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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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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