Quote by Carl Sagan
If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we

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? – Carl Sagan

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If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. – Carl Sagan

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Weve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. – Carl Sagan

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A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. – Carl Sagan

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Much of todays public anxiety about science is the apprehension that we may forever be overlooking the whole by an endless, obsessive preoccupation with the parts. – Lewis Thomas

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As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bushs blatant disregard for science. – Louise Slaughter

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