Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. -Carl Sagan Science
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. -Carl Sagan Nature
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. -Carl Sagan Science
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. -Carl Sagan Religion
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. -Carl Sagan Technology
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. -Carl Sagan Power
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 Space
We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. -Carl Sagan Science
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. -Carl Sagan Technology
Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out. -Carl Sagan History
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 Science
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. -Carl Sagan Science
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. -Carl Sagan Intelligence
If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits? -Carl Sagan Science
Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out. -Carl Sagan Death
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 Education
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. -Carl Sagan Imagination
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. -Carl Sagan Good
Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out. -Carl Sagan Learning
