Quotes from authors born on Nov 9th
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl Sagan
Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could all realize that no utopia is possible; no place to run, no place to hide, just take care of business here and now.
Jack Carroll
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
Carl Sagan
Such and so various are the tastes of men.
Mark Akenside
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.
Carl Sagan
Jay Cooke 
Tom Skerritt 
Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
Steven Bauer 
Ivan Turgenev 
Nick Clooney 
Mike Judge 
Dominique de Villepin