Carl Sagan on awful
Carl Sagan104 quotes“The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
Carl SaganCarl Sagan 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.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan One of the greatest gifts adults can give – to their offspring and to their society – is to read to children.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan I’ve always thought an agnostic is an atheist without the courage of his convictions.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan What an astonishing thing a book is.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Understanding is a kind of ecstasy.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan 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 SaganCarl Sagan The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan We are all stardust.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan
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How strange that our hearts heal from the same thing that broke it -love.
Cailin HargreavesCailin Hargreaves The peak of intensity is numbness not emotionless.
Anamika GargAnamika Garg She is everything and nothing at all.
Ava NicoleAva Nicole She built her castle at rock bottom.
Harriet SelinaHarriet Selina Keep growing into yourself.
Sophia JoanSophia Joan They tell you to be grateful for what you have. But you are also allowed to be sad for what you have lost.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura what the sky is to a bird is like a dream for a dreamer.
Safna SulaimanSafna Sulaiman The Red Rose on my grave shows once I was in love.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander
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Yet it is awful to love a person who is a torture to you. And a fascinating person who loves you and won’t hear of anything but your loving him and living right by his side through all eternity!
Agnes SmedleyAgnes Smedley When I was sectioned for six months, that was one of the worst experiences of my life, not being able to go out and have freedom. Having experienced it, it’s almost inexplicably awful.
Adam AntAdam Ant The awful thing is that you can never be aware of what you are not aware of.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono In that moment it dawned on me that everything has to line up perfectly for something to turn out this awful.
Abby SunderlandAbby Sunderland The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
Aaron AllstonAaron Allston An awful lot has been written about my temper.
Norman SchwarzkopfNorman Schwarzkopf His laugh sounds an awful lot like my happiness.
N.M SanchezN.M Sanchez The awful thing is that beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and the devil are fighting there and the battlefield is the heart of man.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky