Quotes by Carl Sagan

Explore a curated collection of 100 quotes by Carl Sagan. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

We are a way for the cosmos to know itself — Carl Sagan
Does trying to understand the universe at all betray a lack of humility? I believe it is true that humility is the only — Carl Sagan
All that we have seen is something of a vast and intricate and lovely universe. There is no particular theological concl — Carl Sagan
An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence — Carl Sagan
The world is so exquisite, with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty s — Carl Sagan
An atheist is someone who is certain that God doesn't exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence o — Carl Sagan
There were many women in the Soviet scientific community, proportionately more so than in the United States. But they te — Carl Sagan
How thoroughly the chimps and bonobos have erased the list of purported human distinctions!-self-awareness, language, id — Carl Sagan
I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will cont — Carl Sagan
Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of dist — Carl Sagan
The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity a — Carl Sagan
It is the responsibility of scientists never to suppress knowledge, no matter how awkward that knowledge is, no matter h — Carl Sagan
It seems to me what is called for is an exquisite balance between two conflicting needs: the most skeptical scrutiny of — Carl Sagan
There are no forbidden questions in science, no matters to sensitive or delicate to be probed, no sacred truths. That op — Carl Sagan
Could we possible manage the next phase of human history without first dealing with this penchant for dehumanizing the a — Carl Sagan
Neuroanatomy, political history, and introspection all offer evidence that human beings are quite capable of resisting t — Carl Sagan
[an encounter in space] "Some celestial event. No--no words--no words to describe it. Poetry! They should have sent a po — Carl Sagan
The method of science is tried and true. It is not perfect, it's just the best we have. And to abandon it, with its skep — Carl Sagan
There is a reward structure in science that is very interesting: Our highest honors go to those who disprove the finding — Carl Sagan
Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns. — Carl Sagan