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.
CARL SAGANNot explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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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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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
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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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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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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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The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what’s true.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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