The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
CARL SAGANExploration 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.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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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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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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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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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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