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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

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Today, we're still loaded down - and, to some extent, embarrassed - by ancient myths, but we respect them as part of the same impulse that has led to the modern, scientific kind of myth. But we now have the opportunity to discover, for the first time, the way the universe is in fact constructed as opposed to how we would wish it to be constructed.

~Carl Sagan

Topics: Ancient Constructed Discover Down Embarrassed Extent Fact First First Time How Impulse In Fact Kind Led Loaded Modern Myth Myths Now Opportunity Opposed Part Respect Same Scientific Some Still Them Time Today Universe Way Wish Would

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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.

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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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It's been said that astronomy is a humbling and, I might add, a character-building experience.

~Carl Sagan

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We are not without empathetic terror when we open Pascal's 'Pensees' and read, 'I am the great silent spaces between worlds.'

~Carl Sagan

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You probably don't need more weapons than what's required to destroy every city on earth. There's only 2,300 cities. So, the United States, by that criteria, only needs 2,300 nuclear weapons - well, we've got more than 25,000!

~Carl Sagan

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All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.

~Carl Sagan

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If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?

~Carl Sagan

Topics: Believe Disservice Does Long Our Reason Rise Science Set Stars Universe Us

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The boundary between space and the earth is purely arbitrary. And I'll probably always be interested in this planet - it's my favorite.

~Carl Sagan

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: November 9th, 1934

Died: December 20th, 1996

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