Carl Sagan
American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author
Lived from: 1934 - 1996
Category: Scientists | Writers (Contemporary) Country: 
United States
Born: 9 november 1934 Died: 20 december 1996
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By far the best way I know to engage the religious sensibility, the sense of awe, is to look up on a clear night.
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (2006)― Carl Sagan -
Do you understand what's going on?
Not at all, he shouted back. I can almost prove this can't be happening.Contact (1985) Ch. 19 (p. 330)― Carl Sagan -
Don't judge everyone else by your own limited experience.
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Every cell is a triumph of natural selection, and we’re made of trillions of cells. Within us, is a little universe.
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Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
Cosmos (1980)― Carl Sagan -
Every star may be a sun to someone.
Cosmos (1980) 27― Carl Sagan -
Every thinking person fears nuclear war and every technological nation plans for it. Everyone knows it's madness, and every country has an excuse.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 17 min 40 sec― Carl Sagan -
Except for children (who don't know enough not to ask the important questions), few of us spendtime wondering why nature is the way it is...
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Except in pure mathematics, nothing is known for certain (although much is certainly false).
Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (2011) 51― Carl Sagan -
Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (2006) 76― Carl Sagan -
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage afl. 12, 14-12-1980― Carl Sagan -
Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us - and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.
Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995)― Carl Sagan -
For a long time the human instinct to understand was thwarted by facile religious explanations.
Cosmos (1980)― Carl Sagan -
For all I know we may be visited by a different extraterrestrial civilization every second Tuesday, but there's no support for this appealing idea. The extraordinary claims are not supported by extraordinary evidence.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 7 min 25 sec― Carl Sagan -
For the first time, we have the power to decide the fate of our planet and ourselves. This is a time of great danger, but our species is young, and curious, and brave. It shows much promise.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 05 min 20 sec― Carl Sagan -
Hidden within every astronomical investigation, sometimes so deeply buried that the researcher himself is unaware of its presence, lies a kernel of awe.
Cosmos (1980)― Carl Sagan -
History is full of people who out of fear or ignorance or the lust for power have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which truly belong to all of us. We must not let it happen again.
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990) 36 min 20 sec― Carl Sagan -
Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
Cosmos (1980)― Carl Sagan -
Humans are good, she knew, at discerning subtle patterns that are really there, but equally so at imagining them when they are altogether absent.
Contact (1985) Ch. 3― Carl Sagan -
Humans are very good at dreaming, although you'd never know it from your television.
Contact (1985) Ch. 20 (p. 359)― Carl Sagan
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