Curated Quotations

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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  • “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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  • “We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.” -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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  • “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

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  • “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” -Carl Sagan

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  • “For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.” -Carl Sagan

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  • “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

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  • “Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.” -Carl Sagan

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  • “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

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  • “A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.” -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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  • “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

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