For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
CARL SAGANSomewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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