A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it ten... - Carl Sagan
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."
"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."
"We are star stuff harvesting sunlight."
"The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard, who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by 'God,' one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity."
"For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love."
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
"We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster."