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Carl Sagan quotes: Our ancestors worshipped the Sun, and they were not that foolish. It makes sense to revere the Sun and the stars, for we are their children. Our ancestors worshipped the Sun, and they were not that foolish. It makes sense to revere the Sun and the stars, for we are their children.
Carl Sagan quotes: The lack is not in intelligence, which is in plentiful supply; rather, the scarce commodity is systematic training in critical thinking. The lack is not in intelligence, which is in plentiful supply; rather, the scarce commodity is systematic training in critical thinking.
Carl Sagan quotes: Science exacts a substantial entry fee in effort and tedium in exchange for its insights. Science exacts a substantial entry fee in effort and tedium in exchange for its insights.
Carl Sagan quotes: Their position seems to be that their God is so great he doesn't even have to exist. Their position seems to be that their God is so great he doesn't even have to exist.
Carl Sagan quotes: Science is merely an extremely powerful method of winnowing what's true from what feels good. Science is merely an extremely powerful method of winnowing what's true from what feels good.
Carl Sagan quotes: What an astonishing thing a book is. What an astonishing thing a book is.
Carl Sagan quotes: Black holes collect problems faster than they collect matter. Black holes collect problems faster than they collect matter.
Carl Sagan quotes: We have examined the universe in space and seen that we live on a mote of dust circling a humdrum star in the remotest corner of an obscure galaxy. We have examined the universe in space and seen that we live on a mote of dust circling a humdrum star in the remotest corner of an obscure galaxy.
Carl Sagan quotes: Nobody listens to mathematicians. Nobody listens to mathematicians.
Carl Sagan quotes: Some racists still reject the plain testimony written in the DNA that all the races are not only human but nearly indistinguishable ... Some racists still reject the plain testimony written in the DNA that all the races are not only human but nearly indistinguishable ...
Carl Sagan quotes: Man is the matter of the cosmos, contemplating itself. Man is the matter of the cosmos, contemplating itself.
Carl Sagan quotes: We are a way for the cosmos to know itself. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
Carl Sagan quotes: Human beings grew up in forests; we have a natural affinity for them. How lovely a tree is, straining toward the sky. Human beings grew up in forests; we have a natural affinity for them. How lovely a tree is, straining toward the sky.
Carl Sagan quotes: You know the opinion of Cervantes? He said that reading a translation is like examining the back of a piece of tapestry. You know the opinion of Cervantes? He said that reading a translation is like examining the back of a piece of tapestry.
Carl Sagan quotes: We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.
Carl Sagan quotes: God pity a one-dream man. God pity a one-dream man.
Carl Sagan quotes: The prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be the ones we are not today wise enough to foresee. The prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be the ones we are not today wise enough to foresee.
Carl Sagan quotes: A still more glorious dawn awaits / not a sunrise, but a galaxy-rise / a morning filled with 400 billion suns / the rising of the milky way A still more glorious dawn awaits / not a sunrise, but a galaxy-rise / a morning filled with 400 billion suns / the rising of the milky way
Carl Sagan quotes: The progress and perfection of mathematics are linked closely with the prosperity of the state. The progress and perfection of mathematics are linked closely with the prosperity of the state.
Carl Sagan quotes: The cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths / of exquisite interrelationships / of the awesome machinery of nature The cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths / of exquisite interrelationships / of the awesome machinery of nature
Carl Sagan quotes: War is murder writ large. War is murder writ large.
Carl Sagan quotes: Absolute certainty will always elude us. We will always be mired in error. The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error ... Absolute certainty will always elude us. We will always be mired in error. The most each generation can hope for is to reduce the error ...
Carl Sagan quotes: If we say that God has always been, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always been? If we say that God has always been, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always been?
Carl Sagan quotes: Understanding is a kind of ecstasy Understanding is a kind of ecstasy
Carl Sagan quotes: We can't help it. Life looks for life. We can't help it. Life looks for life.
Carl Sagan quotes: We are all made up of star stuff. We are all made up of star stuff.
Carl Sagan quotes: If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you. If you are only skeptical, then no new ideas make it through to you.
Carl Sagan quotes: UFOs: The reliable cases are uninteresting and in the interesting cases are unreliable. UFOs: The reliable cases are uninteresting and in the interesting cases are unreliable.
Carl Sagan quotes: Sagan is an astronomer with one eye on the stars, another on history, and a third - his mind's - on the human condition. ... Sagan is an astronomer with one eye on the stars, another on history, and a third - his mind's - on the human condition. ...
Carl Sagan quotes: Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe. Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
Carl Sagan quotes: I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship. I would suggest that science is, at least in my part, informed worship.
Carl Sagan quotes: When permitted to listen to alternative opinions and engage in substantive debate, people have been known to change their minds. It can happen. When permitted to listen to alternative opinions and engage in substantive debate, people have been known to change their minds. It can happen.
Carl Sagan quotes: We are all star stuff. We are all star stuff.
Carl Sagan quotes: Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
Carl Sagan quotes: The price we pay for the anticipation of our future is anxiety about it. The price we pay for the anticipation of our future is anxiety about it.
Carl Sagan quotes: I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star. I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star.
Carl Sagan quotes: All her life, dreams had been her friends. Her dreams were unusually detailed, well-structured, colorful. All her life, dreams had been her friends. Her dreams were unusually detailed, well-structured, colorful.
Carl Sagan quotes: Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns. Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
Carl Sagan quotes: I think if we ever reach the point where we think we thoroughly understand who we are and where we came from, we will have failed. I think if we ever reach the point where we think we thoroughly understand who we are and where we came from, we will have failed.
Carl Sagan quotes: For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl Sagan quotes: And because what we are doing is so horrifying, we tend not to think of it much. And because what we are doing is so horrifying, we tend not to think of it much.
Carl Sagan quotes: The lure of the marvelous blunts our critical faculties. The lure of the marvelous blunts our critical faculties.
Carl Sagan quotes: Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite television programs. Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite television programs.
Carl Sagan quotes: Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Carl Sagan quotes: If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
Carl Sagan quotes: Ubi dubium ibi libertas: Where there is doubt, there is freedom. LATIN PROVERB Ubi dubium ibi libertas: Where there is doubt, there is freedom. LATIN PROVERB
Carl Sagan quotes: The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before, The cannabis experience has greatly improved my appreciation for art, a subject which I had never much appreciated before,
Carl Sagan quotes: In Mozambique, the story goes, monkeys do not talk, because they know if they utter even a single word some man will come and put them to work. In Mozambique, the story goes, monkeys do not talk, because they know if they utter even a single word some man will come and put them to work.
Carl Sagan quotes: Intellectual capacity is no guarantee against being dead wrong. Intellectual capacity is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
Carl Sagan quotes: How lucky we are to live in this time / the first moment in human history / when we are in fact visiting other worlds How lucky we are to live in this time / the first moment in human history / when we are in fact visiting other worlds
Carl Sagan quotes: We are made of starstuff. Some We are made of starstuff. Some
Carl Sagan quotes: We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
Carl Sagan quotes: For ages men had used sticks to club and spear each other - Anaximander of Miletus used the stick to measure time. For ages men had used sticks to club and spear each other - Anaximander of Miletus used the stick to measure time.
Carl Sagan quotes: We are the first species to have taken our evolution into our own hands. We are the first species to have taken our evolution into our own hands.
Carl Sagan quotes: The passion to explore is at the heart of being human. The passion to explore is at the heart of being human.
Carl Sagan quotes: We are made of starstuff. We are made of starstuff.
Carl Sagan quotes: It is a characteristic conceit of our species to put human face on random cosmic violence. It is a characteristic conceit of our species to put human face on random cosmic violence.
Carl Sagan quotes: Extraordinary observations require extraordinary evidence to make them believable. Extraordinary observations require extraordinary evidence to make them believable.
Carl Sagan quotes: Who is really in charge of this planet? Who is really in charge of this planet?
Carl Sagan quotes: A book is proof humans can do magic. A book is proof humans can do magic.
Carl Sagan quotes: We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever. We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
Carl Sagan quotes: Humans are very good at dreaming, although you'd never know it from your television. Humans are very good at dreaming, although you'd never know it from your television.
Carl Sagan quotes: Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves. Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves.
Carl Sagan quotes: The secrets of evolution, are time and death. There's an unbroken thread that stretches from those first cells to us. The secrets of evolution, are time and death.
There's an unbroken thread that stretches from those first cells to us.
Carl Sagan quotes: The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together. The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.
Carl Sagan quotes: We are all stardust We are all stardust
Carl Sagan quotes: The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
Carl Sagan quotes: All inquiries carry with them some element of risk. All inquiries carry with them some element of risk.
Carl Sagan quotes: The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance. The dumbing down of America is evident in the slow decay of substantive content, a kind of celebration of ignorance.
Carl Sagan quotes: Valid criticism does you a favor. Valid criticism does you a favor.
Carl Sagan quotes: Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.
Carl Sagan quotes: Atoms are mainly empty space. Matter is composed chiefly of nothing. Atoms are mainly empty space. Matter is composed chiefly of nothing.
Carl Sagan quotes: The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent. The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
Carl Sagan quotes: If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth. If we are to survive, our loyalties must be broadened further, to include the whole human community, the entire planet Earth.
Carl Sagan quotes: A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars - billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone. A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars - billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
Carl Sagan quotes: Our very existence in that distant time requires that we will have changed our institutions and ourselves. Our very existence in that distant time requires that we will have changed our institutions and ourselves.
Carl Sagan quotes: If people knew how many people, especially the very rich and powerful ones, went to psychics, their jaws would drop through the floor, If people knew how many people, especially the very rich and powerful ones, went to psychics, their jaws would drop through the floor,
Carl Sagan quotes: Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone. Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone.
Carl Sagan quotes: We were wanderers from the beginning. We were wanderers from the beginning.
Carl Sagan quotes: Science is a way to not fool ourselves. Science is a way to not fool ourselves.
Carl Sagan quotes: When too much cynicism threatens to engulf us, it is buoying to remember how pervasive goodness is When too much cynicism threatens to engulf us, it is buoying to remember how pervasive goodness is
Carl Sagan quotes: What thin partitions sense from thought divide! What thin partitions sense from thought divide!
Carl Sagan quotes: And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude. And you are made of a hundred trillion cells. We are, each of us, a multitude.
Carl Sagan quotes: Some thrive for time, while most quickly vanish. Some thrive for time, while most quickly vanish.
Carl Sagan quotes: Significant change might require those who are now high in the hierarchy to move downward many steps. This seems to them undesirable and is resisted. Significant change might require those who are now high in the hierarchy to move downward many steps. This seems to them undesirable and is resisted.
Carl Sagan quotes: Maxwell's Equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents. Maxwell's Equations have had a greater impact on human history than any ten presidents.
Carl Sagan quotes: One of the great commandments of science is, Mistrust arguments from authority. One of the great commandments of science is, Mistrust arguments from authority.
Carl Sagan quotes: If it takes a little myth and ritual to get us through a night that seems endless, who among us cannot sympathize and understand? If it takes a little myth and ritual to get us through a night that seems endless, who among us cannot sympathize and understand?
Carl Sagan quotes: The Sphinx is missing a nose. Someone shot it off in a moment of idle desecration - some say it was Mameluke Turks, others, Napoleonic soldiers. The Sphinx is missing a nose. Someone shot it off in a moment of idle desecration - some say it was Mameluke Turks, others, Napoleonic soldiers.
Carl Sagan quotes: Otto Warburg had, half a century before, proposed that oxidation was the cause of many cancers. Otto Warburg had, half a century before, proposed that oxidation was the cause of many cancers.
Carl Sagan quotes: Every thinking person fears nuclear war, and every technological state plans for it.Everyone knows it is madness, and every nation has an excuse Every thinking person fears nuclear war, and every technological state plans for it.
Everyone knows it is madness, and every nation has an excuse
Carl Sagan quotes: Do dogs feel for humans something akin to religious ecstasy? What other strong or subtle emotions are felt by animals that do not communicate with us? Do dogs feel for humans something akin to religious ecstasy? What other strong or subtle emotions are felt by animals that do not communicate with us?
Carl Sagan quotes: We have entered, almost without noticing, an age of exploration and discovery unparalleled since the Renaissance. We have entered, almost without noticing, an age of exploration and discovery unparalleled since the Renaissance.
Carl Sagan quotes: But I could be wrong. But I could be wrong.
Carl Sagan quotes: The Cosmos is rich beyond measure - in elegant facts, in exquisite interrelationships, in the subtle machinery of awe. The Cosmos is rich beyond measure - in elegant facts, in exquisite interrelationships, in the subtle machinery of awe.
Carl Sagan quotes: You mustn't think of the Universe as a wilderness. It hasn't been that for billions of years," he said. "Think of it more as ... cultivated. You mustn't think of the Universe as a wilderness. It hasn't been that for billions of years," he said. "Think of it more as ... cultivated.
Carl Sagan quotes: Any civilization that doesn't develop space travel dies. Any civilization that doesn't develop space travel dies.
Carl Sagan quotes: There are some hundred billion (1011) galaxies, each with, on the average, a hundred billion stars. There are some hundred billion (1011) galaxies, each with, on the average, a hundred billion stars.
Carl Sagan quotes: Those who seek power at any price detect a societal weakness, a fear that they can ride into office. Those who seek power at any price detect a societal weakness, a fear that they can ride into office.
Carl Sagan quotes: Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil. Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.

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