Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
CARL SAGANThe beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what’s true.
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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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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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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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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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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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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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