Carl Sagan

On Titan the molecules that have been raining down like manna from heaven for the last 4 billion years might still be there largely unaltered deep-frozen awaiting the chemists from Earth ↗

— Carl Sagan

#chemists #moons #planets #science #scientists

But the male lexicographers had somehow neglected to coin a word for the dislike of men. They were almost entirely men themselves, she thought, and had been unable to imagine a market for such a word. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#sexism #imagination

The ancient Ionians were the first we know of to argue systematically that laws and forces of Nature, rather than gods, are responsible for the order and even the existence of the world. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#nature

Science gropes and staggers toward improved understanding. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#understanding #science

All inquiries carry with them some element of risk. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#inquiry #knowledge #science #science

What if, despite all our pretense and disguise, it was necessary to appear in public with the person we loved most of all? Imagine this a prerequisite for social discourse on Earth. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#imagination

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#delusion #far #grasp #however #persist

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#american #bits #books #broadcast #city

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#arranged #civilization #crucial #depend #elements

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#hostile #indifferent #merely #neither #nor