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.
CARL SAGANPerhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
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The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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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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If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.
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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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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
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