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
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
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
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
All inquires carry with them some element of risk. There is no guarantee that the universe will conform to our predispositions.
- Carl Sagan
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.
- Carl Sagan
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
- Carl Sagan
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
- Carl Sagan
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
- Carl Sagan
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
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
- Carl Sagan
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
- Carl Sagan
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology
- Carl Sagan
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
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.
- Carl Sagan
Language 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
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
- Carl Sagan
