Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
CARL SAGANWriting is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
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Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
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And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
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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 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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When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.
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We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
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Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
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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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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
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Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
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