If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
CARL SAGANI think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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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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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy 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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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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