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Carl Sagan
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
“We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what...
“Frederick Douglasstaught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many ki...
“The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty s...
“It's a lazy Saturday afternoon, there's a couple lying naked in bed reading Encyclopediea Brittannica to each other, an...
“We all have a thirst for wonder. It's a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I'm ...
“A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism....
“Every aspect of Nature reveals a deep mystery and touches our sense of wonder and awe. Those afraid of the universe as ...
“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred bill...
“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reas...
“I don't want to believe. I want to know.”
“The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.”
“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.”
“The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard, who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sp...
“We are all star stuff.”
“We are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.”
“National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvi...
“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”
“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”
“I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from th...
“The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the ...
“Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.”
“Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ...
“A blade of grass is a commonplace on Earth; it would be a miracle on Mars. Our descendants on Mars will know the value ...
“Christianity may be good and Satanism evil. Under the Constitution, however, both are neutral. This is an important, bu...
“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voya...
“In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and...
“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed a...
“If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.”
“In the vastness of space and the immensity of time, it is my joy to share a planet and an epoch with Annie.[Dedication ...
“The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them — the sense that we have a monopo...
“We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.”
“Your religion assumes that people are children and need a boogeyman so they'll behave. You want people to believe in Go...
“Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world.”
