The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
CARL SAGANBetter the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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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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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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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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A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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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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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.
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