There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
CARL SAGANAcross the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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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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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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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
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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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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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