Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
CARL SAGANScience 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.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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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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There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
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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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If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go.
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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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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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You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
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We live on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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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 would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
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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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