Carl Sagan

Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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I can find in my undergraduate classes, bright students who do not know that the stars rise and set at night, or even that the Sun is a star. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. ↗

— Carl Sagan

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