Carl Sagan quotes
"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 year. Not all bits have equal value."
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"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense."
"The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition."
"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 corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people."
"But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
"If you want to bake an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the Universe. "
"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe."
"The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent."
"If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?"