If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
CARL SAGANPeople are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
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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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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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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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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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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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The very act of understanding is a celebration of joining, merging, even if on a very modest scale, with the magnificence of the Cosmos.
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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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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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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
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The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what’s true.
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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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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 brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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