And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
CARL SAGANThere are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
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We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
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Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
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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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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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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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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
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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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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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