One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.
CARL SAGANExploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
-
-
The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
CARL SAGAN -
There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
CARL SAGAN -
Your god is too small for my universe.
CARL SAGAN -
There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
CARL SAGAN -
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
CARL SAGAN -
The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth.
CARL SAGAN -
Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves.
CARL SAGAN -
Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
CARL SAGAN -
The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.
CARL SAGAN -
Nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.
CARL SAGAN -
I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely we are to solve our problems ourselves.
CARL SAGAN -
Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.
CARL SAGAN -
Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
CARL SAGAN -
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life.
CARL SAGAN -
Every star may be a sun to someone.
CARL SAGAN