All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
CARL SAGANUnderstanding is a kind of ecstasy.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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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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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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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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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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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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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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