We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
CARL SAGANBooks are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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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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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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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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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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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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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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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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