Carl Sagan — Philosophical Quotes

355 quotes · Astronomer, Astrophysicist

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Carl Sagan Quotes

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Carl Sagan

Astronomer, Astrophysicist

Philosophical

“Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science. The early warnings about technological dangers also come from science.”

Two Evil Cutting

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Carl Sagan

Astronomer, Astrophysicist

Philosophical

“We all have a thirst for wonder. It's a deeply human quality. Science and religion are both bound up with it. What I'm saying is, you don't have to make stories up, you don't have to exaggerate. There's wonder and awe enough in the real world. Nature's a lot better at inventing wonders than we are.”

Real Stories Quality

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Philosophical

“The sacred truth of science is that there are no sacred truths.”

Sacred

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Philosophical

“The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean.”

Ocean Cosmos

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Philosophical

“I believe that in every person is a kind of circuit which resonates to intellectual discovery-and the idea is to make that resonance work”

Believe Science Discovery

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Philosophical

“We have heard the rationales offered by the nuclear superpowers. We know who speaks for the nations. But who speaks for the human species? Who speaks for Earth?”

Earth Speak Nuclear

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Philosophical

“My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An agnostic is somebody who doesn’t believe in something until there is evidence for it, so I’m agnostic.”

Believe Views Agnostic

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Philosophical

“There are many instances in science, where those closest to the intricacies of the subject have a more highly developed sense of its intractability than those at some remove. On the other hand, those at too great a distance may, I am well aware, mistake ignorance for perspective.”

Mistake Ignorance Distance

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Philosophical

“The old appeals to racial, sexual and religious chauvinism to rabid nationalist fervor, are beginning not to work.”

Religious Appeals Zeitgeist

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Philosophical

“If some good evidence for life after death were announced, I'd be eager to examine it; but it would have to be real scientific data, not mere anecdote. As with the face on Mars and alien abductions, better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.”

Real Atheist Data

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Philosophical

“The prediction I can make with the highest confidence is that the most amazing discoveries will be the ones we are not today wise enough to foresee.”

Wise Today Discovery

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Philosophical

“When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.”

Night Stars Views

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