The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
CARL SAGANPeople are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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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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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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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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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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Nature is unsentimental. Death is built in.
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One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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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 a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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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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