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Carl Sagan Quote - Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.

Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.

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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
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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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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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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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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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