Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
CARL SAGANI would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
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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What an astonishing thing a book is.
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A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
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The visions we offer our children shape the future.
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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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If we continue to accumulate only power and not wisdom, we will surely destroy ourselves.
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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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To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.
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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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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
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Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.
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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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An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
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People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
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Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
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