Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.

Quote by Carl Sagan

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Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist...

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist...

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This...

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This...

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding...

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding...

I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the...

I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the...

It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather...

It is said that men may not be the dreams of the Gods, but rather...

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than...

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than...

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.

In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can...

Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can...

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.

When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth...

When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth...

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as...

Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as...

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

If we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will...

If we do not abolish war on this earth, then surely one day war will...

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

The dialectic is neither fiction or mysticism, but a science of the forms of our...

The dialectic is neither fiction or mysticism, but a science of the forms of our...