We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
CARL SAGANAn atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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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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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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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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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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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite television programs.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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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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There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
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