The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
CARL SAGANAcross the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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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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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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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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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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