If all the suns but ours collapsed tonight, how many lifetimes would it take us to realize that we were alone?
Carl SaganI believe that in every person is a kind of circuit which resonates to intellectual discovery-and the idea is to make that resonance work
Carl SaganA proclivity for science is embedded deeply within us, in all times, places, and cultures. It has been the means for our survival. It is our birthright. When, through indifference, inattention, incompetence, or fear of skepticism, we discourage children from science, we are disenfranchisin g them, taking from them the tools needed to manage their future.
Carl Sagan