Ann Druyan

We are living in a society that is totally dependent on science and high technology, and yet most of us are effectively…

— Ann Druyan

If you have a beating heart, that's good enough.

— 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…

— Ann Druyan

“Why do we separate the scientific, which is just a way of searching for the truth, from what we hold sacred, which…

— 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.…

— Ann Druyan

The Universe revealed by science is one of far more awesome grandeur than any religion has ever posited.

— Ann Druyan

No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was.

— Ann Druyan

People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of…

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Carl did not want to believe. He wanted to know.

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If you are searching for sacred knowledge and not just a palliative for your fears, then you will train yourself to be…

— Ann Druyan

We smoked the way other American families would have wine with dinner. For us, it was our sacrament. It was something that…

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The greatest thing that science teaches you is the law of unintended consequences.

— Ann Druyan

For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness…

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Contrary to the fantasies of the fundamentalists, there was no deathbed conversion, no last minute refuge taken in a comforting vision of…

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The only gratification that science denies to us is deception.

— Ann Druyan

Well, I actually grew up in the sixties. I feel very lucky, actually, that that was my slice of time that I…

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In the 1970s, I think that there was probably a higher degree of respect for science, of hope about the future, and…

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“Science has carried us to the gateway to the universe. And yet our conception of our surroundings remains the disproportionate view of…

— Ann Druyan

I found that it was easiest to convey the information in the context of the life of the scientist or in the…

— Ann Druyan

As a species, we tend to lie quite a bit - to ourselves and to each other. It's a primate thing. So,…

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All of science to me, everything that we have learned, is important to the extent that it brings us to our senses.

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Ten long trips around the sun since I last saw that smile, but only joy and thankfulness that on a tiny world…

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My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science…

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Science reserves the highest reward for those of you who disprove our most cherished beliefs. At any moment someone from any walk…

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“The “pale blue dot” image and Carl’s prose meditation on it have been beloved the world over ever since. It exemplifies just…

— Ann Druyan