77 Quotes by Ann Druyan
"He had a passion for democracy, for people to make informed decisions so they can think critically, ... He was rare blend of science and poetry and social consciousness."
"I was very much involved in updating the imagery, so it will seem new in terms of the latest effects, but we haven't changed the text we wrote 25 years ago,"
"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."
"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."
"We are living in a society that is totally dependent on science and high technology, and yet most of us are effectively alienated and excluded from its workings, from the values of science, the methods of science, and the language of science. A good place to start would be for as many of us as possible to begin to understand the decision-making and the basis for those decisions, and to act independently and not be manipulated into thinking one thing or another, but to learn how to think. That's what science does."
"Knowing a deep thing well, which is what science asks of its practitioners, is an empowerment that is very profound. It's a liberation."
"No single step in the persuit of enlightenment should ever be considered sacred; only the search was."
"Science has the cold facts, but lacks religion's social organization and ability to inspire that moves people to act."