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

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

Carl Sagan
Life, Art, Motivation
Carl Sagan (2011). “Cosmos”, p.26, Ballantine Books

I don't want to believe. I want to know.

Carl Sagan
Inspirational, Life, Religious
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?

Carl Sagan
Inspirational, Life, Truth
Carl Sagan, Tom Head (2006). “Conversations with Carl Sagan”, p.145, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Some racists still reject the plain testimony written in the DNA that all the races are not only human but nearly indistinguishable. . . .

Carl Sagan
Life, Race, Dna
Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.467, Ballantine Books

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

Carl Sagan
Love, Inspirational, Life
Carl Sagan (1997). “Contact”, p.430, Simon and Schuster

Has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science? . . . No other human institution comes close.

Carl Sagan
Life, Reliability, Institutions
Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.55, Ballantine Books

Modern Darwinism makes it abundantly clear that many less ruthless traits, some not always admired by robber barons and Fuhrers - altruism, general intelligence, compassion - may be the key to survival.

Carl Sagan
Life, Compassion, Keys

Discussing the possibilities of extraterrestrial life: I would love it even if they were short, sullen, grumpy and sexually obsessed. But there just isn't any good evidence.

Carl Sagan
Life, Sullen, Grumpy

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