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Than Quotes by Carl Sagan
- It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
- Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten…
- Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
- I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
- All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single…
- For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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