Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy. And in the final tolling it often turns out that the facts are more comforting than the fantasy.
Carl SaganLife is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.
Carl SaganHuman history can be viewed as a slowly dawning awareness that we are members of a larger group.
Carl SaganIt's sometimes easier to reject strong evidence than to admit that we've been wrong, this is information about ourselves worth having.
Carl Sagan