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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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Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out. – Carl Sagan

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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students. – Carl Sagan

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If we like them, theyre freedom fighters . . . If we dont like them, theyre terrorists. In the unlikely case we cant make up our minds, theyre temporarily only guerrillas. – Carl Sagan

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The man of science is nothing if not a poet gone wrong. – George Meredith

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Im a geophysicist and all my earth science books when I was a student, I had to give the wrong answer to get an A. We used to ridicule continental drift. It was something we laughed at. We learned of Marshall Kays geosynclinal cycle, which is a bunch of crap. – Robert Ballard

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Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to other values than the human imaginative values which science has evolved. – Jacob Bronowski

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I love science fiction. – Pam Grier

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