Carl Sagan

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

Carl Sagan

Ours is the first generation that has grown up with science-fiction ideas.

Carl Sagan

People are not stupid. They believe things for reasons. The last way for skeptics to get the attention of bright, curious, intelligent people is to belittle or condescend or to show arrogance toward their beliefs.

Carl Sagan

Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.

Carl Sagan

Sailors on a becalmed sea, we sense the stirring of a breeze.

Carl Sagan

Science is a collaborative enterprise, spanning the generations. When it permits us to see the far side of some new horizon, we remember those who prepared the way – seeing for them also.

Carl Sagan

Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course. Microbiology and meteorology now explain what only a few centuries ago was considered sufficient cause to burn women to death.

Carl Sagan

Science is merely an extremely powerful method of winnowing what’s true from what feels good.

Carl Sagan

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

Carl Sagan

Science is only a Latin word for knowledge.

Carl Sagan