Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
CARL SAGANAll over the world there are enormous numbers of smart, even gifted, people who harbor a passion for science.
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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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
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The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
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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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Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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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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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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Your god is too small for my universe.
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The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
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