We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
CARL SAGANWe are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
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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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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
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Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
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If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.
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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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One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.
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We all have a thirst for wonder. It’s a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it.
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