„I believe our future depends powerfully on how well we understand this Cosmos in which we float like a mote of dust in the morning sky.“

— Carl Sagan

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„We are the dead. Our only true life is in the future. We shall take part in it as handfuls of dust and splinters of bone. But how far away that future may be, there is no knowing.“
— George Orwell
„It is perhaps well enough that the people of the Nation do not know or understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.“
— Henry Ford
„What happens in the first second of the next cosmic year depends on what we do, here and now, with our intelligence and our knowledge of the cosmos.“
— Carl Sagan
„We refuse to believe that which we don't understand.“
— Napoleon Hill
„I think the health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture and our concern for the future can all be tested by how well we support our libraries.“
— Carl Sagan
„If we are to give our utmost effort and skill and enthusiasm, we must believe in ourselves, which means believing in our past and in our future, in our parents and in our children, in that particular blend of moral purpose and practical inventiveness which is the American character.“
— Margaret Mead
„We have to remain vigilant. But I strongly believe our leadership and our security cannot depend on our outstanding military alone.“
— Barack Obama