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Carl Sagan on Space

1934–1996 United States

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7 quotes

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Cosmos (1980)

If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?

The Demon-Haunted World : Science as a Candle in the Dark (1995)

Since, in the long run, every planetary society will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring — not because of exploratory or romantic zeal, but for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive.

Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (1994)

In the vastness of the Cosmos there must be other civilizations far older and more advanced than ours.

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990)

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.

Cosmos (1980)

The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars.

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990)

If we are alone in the Universe, it sure seems like an awful waste of space.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Carl Sagan (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.