Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come?

Published on June 7, 2016 , under Quotes
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Source: Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995).

Cutting off fundamental, curiosity-driven science is like eating the seed corn. We may have a little more to eat next winter but what will we plant so we and our children will have enough to get through the winters to come? - Carl Sagan

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