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Carl Sagan - From the Ambition category:
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Artists category:
In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist's signature. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Books category:
- b.1934 d.1996...
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)
Carl Sagan - From the Children category:
The visions we offer our children shape the future. It matters what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Creativity category:
It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Earth category:
If we do not speak for Earth, who will? If we are not committed to our own survival, who will be? (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Ego category:
We are star-stuff. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Evolution category:
There is no reason to think that the evolutionary process has stopped. Man is a transitional animal. He is not the climax of creation. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Genius category:
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)
Carl Sagan - From the Imagination category:
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Invention category:
If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Pleasure category:
The use of our intelligence quite properly gives us pleasure. In this respect the brain is like a muscle. When we think well, we feel good. Understanding is a kind of ecstasy. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Questions category:
Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Religion category:
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Religion category:
Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science? (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Time category:
We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's forever. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Understanding category:
You have to know the past to understand the present. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Universe category:
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Unknowns category:
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. (Carl Sagan)
Carl Sagan - From the Words category:
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English – up to 50 words used in correct context – no human has been reported to have learned dolphinese. (Carl Sagan)
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