Carl Edward Sagan quotes

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

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

" You can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe. " # Belief # Faith # Truth

" The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition. " # Ambition

" Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. " # Faith

" Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense. " # Skepticism # Science and Scientists # Religion

" Every one of us is precious in the cosmic perspective. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another. " # Possibilities # Philosophers and Philosophy # Reality

" A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. " # Celibacy # Ideas # Anger

" They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. " # Tolerance # Laughter # Love

" If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. " # Pessimism # Love # Truth