One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
CARL SAGANAll civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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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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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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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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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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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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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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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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