We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
CARL SAGANNothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
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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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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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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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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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Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
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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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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
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We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
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