The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
CARL SAGANOur ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite television programs.
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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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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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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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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We are all stardust.
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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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Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
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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.
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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 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 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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Your god is too small for my universe.
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Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.
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