Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
CARL SAGANIf you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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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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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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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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We live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of rock.
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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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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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