Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
CARL SAGANI’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
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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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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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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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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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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 notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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