Carl Sagan Quotes and Sayings
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“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”
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“If you look at Earth from space you see a dot, that's here. That's home. That's us. It underscores the responsibility to deal more kindly and compassionately with one another and to preserve and cherish that pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
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“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
-- Carl Sagan -
“The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.”
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“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.”
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“It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”
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“Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.”
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“Who are we, if not measured by our impact on others?”
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“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
-- Carl Sagan