Contrary to the fantasies of the fundamentalists, there was no deathbed conversion, no last minute refuge taken in a comforting vision of a heaven or an afterlife. For Carl, what mattered most was what was true, not merely what would… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
Ten long trips around the sun since I last saw that smile, but only joy and thankfulness that on a tiny world in the vastness, for a couple of moments in the immensity of time, we were one. — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
We are living in a society that is totally dependent on science and high technology, and yet most of us are effectively alienated and… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
“It's not for any one generation to see the completed picture. That's the point. The picture is never completed. There is always so much… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
“Why do we separate the scientific, which is just a way of searching for the truth, from what we hold sacred, which are those… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
I believe that we are a story-driven species and that we understand how things are put together, in the context of narrative. It's a… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
The Universe revealed by science is one of far more awesome grandeur than any religion has ever posited. — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was. — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
If you are searching for sacred knowledge and not just a palliative for your fears, then you will train yourself to be a good… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
We smoked the way other American families would have wine with dinner. For us, it was our sacrament. It was something that made a… — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
The greatest thing that science teaches you is the law of unintended consequences. — Ann Druyan Copy Share Image
