If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
—Carl Sagan in Cosmos
—Carl Sagan in Cosmos
Carl Edward Sagan (; SAY-gən; November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and science communicator. Initially an assistant professor at Harvard, Sagan later moved to Cornell, where he was the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and directed the Laboratory for Planetary...
Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.
—Carl Sagan in Cosmos
With insufficient data it is easy to go wrong.
—Carl Sagan in Cosmos
—Carl Sagan in Cosmos
We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's forever.
—Carl Sagan in Cosmos
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
—Carl Sagan in Cosmos
The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.
Red meat is NOT bad for you. Now blue-green meat, THAT'S bad for you!