Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.
CARL SAGANThe notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both.
More Carl Sagan Quotes
-
-
There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
CARL SAGAN -
Writing is the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another.
CARL SAGAN -
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
CARL SAGAN -
You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.
CARL SAGAN -
A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called “leaves”) imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles.
CARL SAGAN -
Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
CARL SAGAN -
Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
CARL SAGAN -
We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
CARL SAGAN -
The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
CARL SAGAN -
Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.
CARL SAGAN -
Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
CARL SAGAN -
There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
CARL SAGAN -
Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
CARL SAGAN -
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
CARL SAGAN -
Don’t judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
CARL SAGAN