| If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe. |
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- Carl Sagan |
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| I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true. |
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- Carl Sagan |
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| Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us - and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along. |
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- Carl Sagan |
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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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- Carl Sagan |
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| We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. 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. |
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- Carl Sagan |
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| The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. |
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- Carl Sagan |
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| If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. |
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- Carl Sagan |
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| The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn from the entire planet and from all our history, to instruct us without tiring, and to inspire us to make our own contribution to the collective knowledge of the human species. I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries. |
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- Carl Sagan |
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| 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. |
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- Carl Sagan |
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