Carl Sagan Quotes

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Full Name:Carl Edward Sagan

Profession:American astronomer

Born:November 9, 1934, Brooklyn, New York

Died:December 20, 1996, Washington

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Books break the shackles of time, proof that humans can work magic.
CARL SAGAN

Book Break Human Magic Proof Time Work
The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
CARL SAGAN

Awful Place Pretty Science Space Waste
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
CARL SAGAN

Ambition Harmony Human Perfection Requirement
Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.
CARL SAGAN

Comfortable Fantasy Inspirational Truth
The price we pay for anticipation of the future is anxiety about it.
CARL SAGAN

Anticipation Anxiety Future Pay Price
We can’t help it. Life looks for life.
CARL SAGAN

Help Life Look Science
We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.
CARL SAGAN

Butterfly Forever Human Human Nature Nature Thinking
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
CARL SAGAN

Body Knowledge Science Thinking
There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters too sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths.
CARL SAGAN

Delicate Forbidden Matter Scare Science Sensitive Truth
Those at too great a distance may, I am well are, mistake ignorance for perspective.
CARL SAGAN

Distance Greatness Ignorance Mistake Perspective

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