Carl Sagan Quotes (35 quotations)
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1. A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. - Carl Sagan
2. All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value. - Carl Sagan
3. An extraterrestrial being, newly arrived on Earth-scrutinizing what we mainly present to our children in television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines, the comics, and many books-might easily conclude that we are intent on teaching them murder, rape, cruelty, superstition, credulity and consumerism. - Carl Sagan
4. Anyone who's ever significantly changed the course of humanity has either been a Crackpot, a Heretic, or a Dissident. In the case of Albert Einstein, he was all three! - Carl Sagan
5. But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. - Carl Sagan
6. For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. - Carl Sagan
7. I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students. - Carl Sagan
8. I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star. - Carl Sagan
9. I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true. - Carl Sagan
10. I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive. - Carl Sagan
11. If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits? - Carl Sagan
12. If you want to bake an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the Universe. - Carl Sagan
13. If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan
14. If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe. - Carl Sagan
15. Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan
16. In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan
17. In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time someting like that happened in politics or religion. - Carl Sagan
18. It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan
19. It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese. - Carl Sagan
20. Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out. - Carl Sagan
21. Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. - Carl Sagan
22. Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. - Carl Sagan
23. Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. - Carl Sagan
24. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. - Carl Sagan
25. The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. - Carl Sagan
2. All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value. - Carl Sagan
3. An extraterrestrial being, newly arrived on Earth-scrutinizing what we mainly present to our children in television, radio, movies, newspapers, magazines, the comics, and many books-might easily conclude that we are intent on teaching them murder, rape, cruelty, superstition, credulity and consumerism. - Carl Sagan
4. Anyone who's ever significantly changed the course of humanity has either been a Crackpot, a Heretic, or a Dissident. In the case of Albert Einstein, he was all three! - Carl Sagan
5. But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. - Carl Sagan
6. For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. - Carl Sagan
7. I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students. - Carl Sagan
8. I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star. - Carl Sagan
9. I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true. - Carl Sagan
10. I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive. - Carl Sagan
11. If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits? - Carl Sagan
12. If you want to bake an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the Universe. - Carl Sagan
13. If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan
14. If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe. - Carl Sagan
15. Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan
16. In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. - Carl Sagan
17. In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time someting like that happened in politics or religion. - Carl Sagan
18. It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan
19. It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context - no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese. - Carl Sagan
20. Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out. - Carl Sagan
21. Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. - Carl Sagan
22. Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. - Carl Sagan
23. Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. - Carl Sagan
24. Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. - Carl Sagan
25. The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. - Carl Sagan
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