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.
CARL SAGANAll civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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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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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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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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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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