Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
CARL SAGANAdvances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.
CARL SAGANWhat an astonishing thing a book is.
CARL SAGANOur species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
CARL SAGANYour god is too small for my universe.
CARL SAGANPeople are not stupid. They believe things for reasons.
CARL SAGANExtinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
CARL SAGANThere are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
CARL SAGANThe truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what’s true.
CARL SAGANUnderstanding is a kind of ecstasy.
CARL SAGANThere are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
CARL SAGANAcross the sea of space, the stars are other suns.
CARL SAGANIf you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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.
CARL SAGANWe are star stuff which has taken its destiny into its own hands.
CARL SAGANWe make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.
CARL SAGANIf I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.
CARL SAGAN