People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
CARL SAGANWe make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
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If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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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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Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
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Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
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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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A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
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All over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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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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