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“But nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“Observation: I can't see a thing. Conclusion: Dinosaurs.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“The visions we offer our children shape the future. ”
― Carl Sagan

“All colours are arbitrary.”
― Carl Sagan

“Understanding is a kind of ecstasy”
― Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science

“I don't want to believe. I want to know.”
― Carl Sagan

“I find many adults are put off when young children pose scientific questions. Why is the Moon round? the children ask. Why is grass green? What is a dream? How deep can you dig a hole? When is the world’s birthday? Why do we have toes? Too many teachers and parents answer with irritation or ridicule, or quickly move on to something else: ‘What did you expect the Moon to be, square?’ Children soon recognize that somehow this kind of question annoys the grown-ups. A few more experiences like it, and another child has been lost to science. Why adults should pretend to omniscience before 6-year-olds, I can’t for the life of me understand. What’s wrong with admitting that we don’t know something? Is our self-esteem so fragile?”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars.”
― Carl Sagan

“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“If we ruin the earth, there is no place else to go”
― Carl Sagan, Cosmos

“Pseudoscience speaks to powerful emotional needs that science often leaves unfulfilled. It caters to fantasies about personal powers we lack and long for.”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark