“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
— Carl Sagan
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Category: nature
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Personally, I would be delighted if there
“Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.”
— Carl Sagan
Author: Carl Sagan
Category: death
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A celibate clergy is an especially good
“A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.”
— Carl Sagan
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The brain is like a muscle. When
“The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.”
— Carl Sagan
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We have also arranged things so that
“We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”
— Carl Sagan
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Category: technology
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We have also arranged things so that
“We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”
— Carl Sagan
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Category: science
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”
— Carl Sagan
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Science is a way of thinking much
“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.”
— Carl Sagan
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I am often amazed at how much
“I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.”
— Carl Sagan
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Category: education
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent
“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.”
— Carl Sagan
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Category: science
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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both
“Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense.”
— Carl Sagan
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Category: religion
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