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> [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 shame that science hasn't been taught that way, in a long time. It's usually the fact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/i-believe-that-we-are-a-story-driven-species-and-that-we-understand/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

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## More by Ann Druyan

> [We are living in a society that is totally dependent on science and high technology, and yet most of us are effectively alienated and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/we-are-living-in-a-society-that-is-totally-dependent-on-science-and/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [If you have a beating heart, that's good enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/if-you-have-a-beating-heart-that-s-good-enough/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/it-s-not-for-any-one-generation-to-see-the-completed-picture-that-s/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [“Why do we separate the scientific, which is just a way of searching for the truth, from what we hold sacred, which are those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/why-do-we-separate-the-scientific-which-is-just-a-way-of-searching/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/i-believe-that-we-are-a-story-driven-species-and-that-we-understand/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [The Universe revealed by science is one of far more awesome grandeur than any religion has ever posited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/the-universe-revealed-by-science-is-one-of-far-more-awesome-grandeur/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/no-single-step-in-the-persuit-of-enlightenment-should-ever-be/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/people-think-that-if-you-are-a-scientist-you-have-to-give-up-that-joy/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [Carl did not want to believe. He wanted to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/carl-did-not-want-to-believe-he-wanted-to-know/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [If you are searching for sacred knowledge and not just a palliative for your fears, then you will train yourself to be a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/if-you-are-searching-for-sacred-knowledge-and-not-just-a-palliative/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [We smoked the way other American families would have wine with dinner. For us, it was our sacrament. It was something that made a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/we-smoked-the-way-other-american-families-would-have-wine-with-dinner/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [The greatest thing that science teaches you is the law of unintended consequences.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/the-greatest-thing-that-science-teaches-you-is-the-law-of-unintended/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/for-most-of-the-history-of-our-species-we-were-helpless-to-understand/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [Contrary to the fantasies of the fundamentalists, there was no deathbed conversion, no last minute refuge taken in a comforting vision of a heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/contrary-to-the-fantasies-of-the-fundamentalists-there-was-no/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

> [The only gratification that science denies to us is deception.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-druyan/the-only-gratification-that-science-denies-to-us-is-deception/)

[Ann Druyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-druyan/)

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