#science

"Whether in the intellectual pursuits of science or in the mystical pursuits of the spirit, the light beckons ahead, and the purpose surging in our nature responds."

"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses."

"If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done."

"Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice."

"I have no responsibility to live up to what others expect of me. That's their mistake, not my failing."

"Witchcraft to the ignorant, .... Simple science to the learned."

"Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in."

"The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge."

"We are biology. We are reminded of this at the beginning and the end, at birth and at death. In between we do what we can to forget."

"The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them — the sense that we have a monopoly on the truth; that those other people who believe in all these stupid doctrines are morons; that if you're sensible, you'll listen to us; and if not, to hell with you. This is nonconstructive. It does not get our message across. It condemns us to permanent minority status."

"All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge."

"Its the fate of all creators: They fall in love with their creations."

"You can observe a lot just by watching."

"Interviewer: Didn't Sagan want to believe?Druyan: he didn't want to believe. he wanted to know."

"Men are not potatoes!"

"When the time is ripe for certain things, these things appear in different places in the manner of violets coming to light in early spring."

"For someone who'e smarter than a supercomputer, sometimes you're a real idiot."

"Science teaches to think but love teaches to smile."

"It's true; life really is generous to those who pursue their Personal Legend."

"The assumption of an absolute determinism is the essential foundation of every scientific enquiry."