Quotes for the Week: Carl Edward Sagan (1934-1996)

Today features Carl Sagan, who was an American astronomer and science writer. He was popular for his writings and quotes.

Here are some of his quotes when he was alive:

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”

Carl Sagan. Img: Wikimedia

“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.”

“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”

“Everyone of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”

“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.”

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

“If you make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”

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

“But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”

“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.”

Have an eventful week.

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