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 on 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 on education
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. Carl Sagan on good
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. Carl Sagan on 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 on history
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. Carl Sagan on imagination
The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. Carl Sagan on intelligence
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. Carl Sagan on knowledge
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 on learning
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love. Carl Sagan on love
If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. Carl Sagan on nature
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 on power
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. Carl Sagan on religion
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. Carl Sagan on science
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 on science
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. Carl Sagan on science
Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense. Carl Sagan on science
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 on science
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 on science
We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. Carl Sagan on science