Ann Druyan Professions : AuthorBorn : June 13, 1949 Browse All Authors Top 41 quotes by Ann Druyan The greatest thing that science teaches you is the law of unintended consequences. Ann Druyan unintended-consequencesteachlaw Interviewer: "Didn't [Sagan] want to believe?" Druyan: "He didn't want to believe. He wanted to know. Ann Druyan atheismwantbelieve This planet seems to be in such sorry shape. And I can't ever think about the rest of the universe without coming back home and thinking what the implications for life here would be if we were to really have some definitive proof of extraterrestrial life. Ann Druyan sorryhomethinking We may be living at that moment, on the cusp, when we go from being a species that feels a kind of loneliness in the cosmos to actually one sometime in the not too distant future being able to confirm the existence of other intelligent life. Ann Druyan cosmosintelligentloneliness Science reserves the highest reward for those of you who disprove our most cherished beliefs. At any moment someone from any walk of life could come forward and be responsible for a complete revision of our view of everything. Ann Druyan revisionviewsscience As a species, we tend to lie quite a bit - to ourselves and to each other. It's a primate thing. So, a reason to go into a career in science and technology, or to learn more about these subjects, is to become a more powerful person. Ann Druyan technologypowerfullying People think that if you are a scientist you have to give up that joy of discovery, that passion, that sense of the great romance of life. I say thats completely opposite of the truth. Ann Druyan passiongiving-upthinking The Universe revealed by science is one of far more awesome grandeur than any religion has ever posited. Ann Druyan grandeuruniverse Science has the cold facts, but lacks religion's social organization and ability to inspire that moves people to act. Ann Druyan organizationpeoplemoving My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together. Ann Druyan trainingmathyears If you have a beating heart, that's good enough. Ann Druyan good-enoughenoughheart Carl took on the military-industrial complex. He campaigned around the world for an end to the production of weapons of mass destruction. To him it was a perversion of science. Ann Druyan mass-destructionmilitaryworld Well, I actually grew up in the sixties. I feel very lucky, actually, that that was my slice of time that I was dealt. Let's remember that the real motivation in the sixties, and even in the fifties, was the Cold War. Ann Druyan motivationrealwar In the 1970s, I think that there was probably a higher degree of respect for science, of hope about the future, and the future-oriented vision. Ann Druyan degreesvisionthinking All of science to me, everything that we have learned, is important to the extent that it brings us to our senses. Ann Druyan sensesimportant The way he treated me & the way I treated him, the way we took care of each other & our family, while he lived. That is so much more important than the idea I will see him someday. Ann Druyan husbanddeathideas No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was. Ann Druyan enlightenmentsacredsteps I found that it was easiest to convey the information in the context of the life of the scientist or in the context of our own personal experience, and there was no idea that was too complicated that couldn't be explained clearly and directly. Ann Druyan informationcomplicatedideas Knowing a deep thing well, which is what science asks of its practitioners, is an empowerment that is very profound. It's a liberation. Ann Druyan empowermentknowingprofound We batter this planet as if we had someplace else to go. Ann Druyan planetsifs Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson authorAll Authors
