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 SAGANEvery 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.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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We live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of rock.
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Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.
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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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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 price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
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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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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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You have to know the past to understand the present.
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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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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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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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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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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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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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