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Carl Sagan Quotes

Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors Picture Quote #1

We were wanderers from the beginning Picture Quote #1

There is a lurking fear that some things are not meant to be known Picture Quote #1

Curiosity and the urge to solve problems are the emotional hallmarks of our species Picture Quote #1

The passion to explore is at the heart of being human Picture Quote #1

We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it’s forever Picture Quote #1

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Matter is composed chiefly of nothing Picture Quote #1

The chiliasts made an atheist out of me Picture Quote #1

If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal Picture Quote #1

But I could be wrong Picture Quote #1

But our preferences do not determine what’s true Picture Quote #1

But I try not to think with my gut. If I’m serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain, as tempting as that might be, is likely to get me into trouble Picture Quote #1

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The cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths / of exquisite interrelationships / of the awesome machinery of nature Picture Quote #1

There are lots of ways to communicate what we know, but few ways to communicate what we feel. Music is one way to communicate emotions Picture Quote #1

Many harebrained interpretations were also widely available, especially in weekly newspapers Picture Quote #1

It is all a matter of time scale. An event that would be unthinkable in a hundred years may be inevitable in a hundred million Picture Quote #1

In a complex universe, in a society undergoing unprecedented change, how can we find the truth if we are not willing to question everything and to give a fair hearing to everything Picture Quote #1

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown Picture Quote #1

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We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers. We know who speaks for the nations. But who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for Earth? Picture Quote #1

For all I know we may be visited by a different extraterrestrial civilization every second Tuesday, but there’s no support for this appealing idea. The extraordinary claims are not supported by extraordinary evidence Picture Quote #1

Frederick Douglas taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path Picture Quote #1

Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really is. Accordingly, science sometimes requires courage - at the very least the courage to question the conventional wisdom Picture Quote #1

It’s a lazy Saturday afternoon, there’s a couple lying naked in bed reading Encyclopediea Brittannica to each other, and arguing about whether the Andromeda Galaxy is more ‘numinous’ than the Ressurection. Do they know how to have a good time, or don’t they? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The near side of a galaxy is tens of thousands of light-years closer to us than the far side; thus we see the front as it was tens of thousands of years before the back. But typical events in galactic dynamics occupy tens of millions of years, so the error in thinking of an image of a galaxy as frozen in one moment of time is small Picture Quote #1

Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial compared to the cost of ignorance, of leaving government to the wolves. He taught that the country is safe only when the people rule Picture Quote #1

The visions we offer our children shape the future. It _matters_ what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps Picture Quote #1

Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn’t there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone Picture Quote #1

The reappearance of the crescent moon after the new moon; the return of the Sun after a total eclipse, the rising of the Sun in the morning after its troublesome absence at night were noted by people around the world; these phenomena spoke to our ancestors of the possibility of surviving death. Up there in the skies was also a metaphor of immortality Picture Quote #1

There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a dumb question Picture Quote #1

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Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors (Carl Sagan Quotes) We were wanderers from the beginning (Carl Sagan Quotes) There is a lurking fear that some things are not meant to be known (Carl Sagan Quotes) Curiosity and the urge to solve problems are the emotional hallmarks of our species (Carl Sagan Quotes) The passion to explore is at the heart of being human (Carl Sagan Quotes) We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it’s forever (Carl Sagan Quotes) Matter is composed chiefly of nothing (Carl Sagan Quotes) The chiliasts made an atheist out of me (Carl Sagan Quotes) If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal (Carl Sagan Quotes) But I could be wrong (Carl Sagan Quotes) But our preferences do not determine what’s true (Carl Sagan Quotes) But I try not to think with my gut. If I’m serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain, as tempting as that might be, is likely to get me into trouble (Carl Sagan Quotes) The cosmos is full beyond measure of elegant truths / of exquisite interrelationships / of the awesome machinery of nature (Carl Sagan Quotes) There are lots of ways to communicate what we know, but few ways to communicate what we feel. Music is one way to communicate emotions (Carl Sagan Quotes) Many harebrained interpretations were also widely available, especially in weekly newspapers (Carl Sagan Quotes) It is all a matter of time scale. An event that would be unthinkable in a hundred years may be inevitable in a hundred million (Carl Sagan Quotes) In a complex universe, in a society undergoing unprecedented change, how can we find the truth if we are not willing to question everything and to give a fair hearing to everything (Carl Sagan Quotes) But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown (Carl Sagan Quotes) We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers. We know who speaks for the nations. But who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for Earth? (Carl Sagan Quotes) For all I know we may be visited by a different extraterrestrial civilization every second Tuesday, but there’s no support for this appealing idea. The extraordinary claims are not supported by extraordinary evidence (Carl Sagan Quotes) Frederick Douglas taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path (Carl Sagan Quotes) Science is based on experiment, on a willingness to challenge old dogma, on an openness to see the universe as it really is. Accordingly, science sometimes requires courage - at the very least the courage to question the conventional wisdom (Carl Sagan Quotes) It’s a lazy Saturday afternoon, there’s a couple lying naked in bed reading Encyclopediea Brittannica to each other, and arguing about whether the Andromeda Galaxy is more ‘numinous’ than the Ressurection. Do they know how to have a good time, or don’t they? (Carl Sagan Quotes) 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 (Carl Sagan Quotes) The near side of a galaxy is tens of thousands of light-years closer to us than the far side; thus we see the front as it was tens of thousands of years before the back. But typical events in galactic dynamics occupy tens of millions of years, so the error in thinking of an image of a galaxy as frozen in one moment of time is small (Carl Sagan Quotes) Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial compared to the cost of ignorance, of leaving government to the wolves. He taught that the country is safe only when the people rule (Carl Sagan Quotes) The visions we offer our children shape the future. It _matters_ what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps (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 (Carl Sagan Quotes) The reappearance of the crescent moon after the new moon; the return of the Sun after a total eclipse, the rising of the Sun in the morning after its troublesome absence at night were noted by people around the world; these phenomena spoke to our ancestors of the possibility of surviving death. Up there in the skies was also a metaphor of immortality (Carl Sagan Quotes) There are naive questions, tedious questions, ill-phrased questions, questions put after inadequate self-criticism. But every question is a cry to understand the world. There is no such thing as a dumb question (Carl Sagan Quotes)

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