Has there ever been or will there ever be a scientist so famous and loveable as Carl Sagan? Well, it’s hard to predict the future, but as for now, we’re pretty sure the answer is no. Carl Sagan is definitely the one. Just take a look at these wonderful, incredible, inspiring Carl Sagan quotes, and you’re bound to agree with us!
Now, for those who have never heard this name or maybe heard it but have never connected it with the person behind it, here are a couple of cool facts about this world-famous scientist: Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, science communicator, author, and professor. Also, he’s the Carl behind the all-famous Carl Sagan blue dot quote.
Why do so many people know it? Well, because that one, and plenty of other quotes by Carl Sagan, came from his 1980 TV series called Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which has been seen by at least 500 million (!) people in around 60 countries. You can easily find it on the internet these days - go take a look and have your world turned upside down!
Of course, you can be interested in all this scientific stuff only mildly, perhaps, and Sagan’s accomplishments might not seem as impressive to you personally, but then, we’d still urge you to take a look at these powerful and inspirational quotes on our list.
Although he was primarily a scientist, he was also a person with a profound understanding of life and human nature. So, if all the Carl Sagan cosmos quotes are not your cup of tea, take a look at his other, no less positive quotes on love and life.
So, ready to take a look at the inspiring quotes by Carl Sagan that we gathered in this list? You know where to find them - just a tad bit below. Once you are there, upvote the wise words that impacted you the most and share this article with your friends.
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"The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas."
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"Our species needs and deserves a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works."
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"The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff."
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"The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous."
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"It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
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"The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition."
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"Our passion for learning... is our tool for survival."
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"The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent."
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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."
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"The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena."
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"We're in very bad trouble if we don't understand the planet we're trying to save."
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"We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology."
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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 and if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out."
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"'You mustn’t think of the Universe as a wilderness. It hasn’t been that for billions of years,' he said. 'Think of it more as... cultivated.'"
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"Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history."
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"The significance of a finding that there are other beings who share this universe with us would be absolutely phenomenal. It would be an epochal event in human history."
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"If the dinosaurs had had a space program, they would not be extinct."
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"In our obscurity - in all this vastness - there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us."
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"We are the representatives of the cosmos; we are an example of what hydrogen atoms can do, given 15 billion years of cosmic evolution."
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"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere."
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