We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
CARL SAGANWe live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Every star may be a sun to someone.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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I don’t want to believe. I want to know.
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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.
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All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.
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Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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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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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
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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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The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage.
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