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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.


Dr. Carl Sagan

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CARL SAGAN Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
CARL SAGAN The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps pr...
CARL SAGAN What an astonishing thing a book is. It's a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on whic...
CARL SAGAN You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on ...
CARL SAGAN It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fift...
CARL SAGAN You have to know the past to understand the present.
CARL SAGAN We are star stuff harvesting sunlight.
CARL SAGAN Those afraid of the universe as it really is, those who pretend to nonexistent knowledge and envisio...
CARL SAGAN In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my positio...
CARL SAGAN A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity...
CARL SAGAN Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowe...
CARL SAGAN One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years....
CARL SAGAN It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fif...
CARL SAGAN In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bil...
CARL SAGAN If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe...
CARL SAGAN It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most sk...
CARL SAGAN We are the representatives of the cosmos; we are an example of what hydrogen atoms can do, given 15 ...
CARL SAGAN Are we an exceptionally unlikely accident or is the universe brimming over with intelligence? (It's)...
CARL SAGAN When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - ...
CARL SAGAN We start out a million years ago in a small community on some grassy plain; we hunt animals, have ch...
CARL SAGAN Black holes may be apertures to elsewhen. Were we to plunge down a black hole, we would re-emerge, i...
CARL SAGAN It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.
CARL SAGAN The earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all ...
CARL SAGAN I don't want to believe. I want to know.
CARL SAGAN In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my positio...
CARL SAGAN You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such...
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