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> [Dad was a difference maker. He reached out to people. He took them by the awe and wonder we feel over the most important questions we can think to imagine. He pulled them away from blind faith, away from pseudoscience,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/dad-was-a-difference-maker-he-reached-out-to-people-he-took-them-by/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

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## More by Nick Sagan

> [Dad was a difference maker. He reached out to people. He took them by the awe and wonder we feel over the most important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/dad-was-a-difference-maker-he-reached-out-to-people-he-took-them-by/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [“The learned must educate the ignorant. Because, according to society, ignorance is never bliss. Except in retrospect. I look back upon my ignorance with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/the-learned-must-educate-the-ignorant-because-according-to-society/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [“We fear the monster's capacity for evil because we recognize it in human hearts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/we-fear-the-monster-s-capacity-for-evil-because-we-recognize-it-in/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [Astonishingly powerful and poignant, 'Gravity' is the rarest of rares: a space survival film informed by a genuine reverence for the awe-inspiring cosmos we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/astonishingly-powerful-and-poignant-gravity-is-the-rarest-of-rares-a/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [I've met secular humanists who grew up in evangelical households, for whom 'Cosmos' was their first exposure to a scientific way of viewing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/i-ve-met-secular-humanists-who-grew-up-in-evangelical-households-for/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [It goes back to the starfish. That's when the light bulb really popped over my head. We'd found one on the beach, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/it-goes-back-to-the-starfish-that-s-when-the-light-bulb-really-popped/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [I'm thrilled to be working with the Science Channel. A chance to shine a light on the wonder and exciting possibilities of science with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/i-m-thrilled-to-be-working-with-the-science-channel-a-chance-to-shine/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [My father was not only a planetary scientist and a great popularizer of science, but he thought very deeply about the world. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/my-father-was-not-only-a-planetary-scientist-and-a-great-popularizer/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [“When I think of Simone now, I think of butterfly wings. Beautiful and excruciatingly delicate. Touch them once and they might disintegrate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/when-i-think-of-simone-now-i-think-of-butterfly-wings-beautiful-and/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [Science is a wonderful way of getting out what's real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/science-is-a-wonderful-way-of-getting-out-what-s-real/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [We have not been asking the serious questions about the future of our species, questions sci-fi regularly explores by showing us the best and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/we-have-not-been-asking-the-serious-questions-about-the-future-of-our/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [Human divisions would be child's play for any reasonably competent alien overlord to exploit - check the masterful 'Twilight Zone' episode 'The Monsters Are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/human-divisions-would-be-child-s-play-for-any-reasonably-competent/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [“Blue believes the harmony to be motivated by self-interest. There is a resurgence of faith these days, a growing belief in organized religion, grace,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/blue-believes-the-harmony-to-be-motivated-by-self-interest-there-is-a/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [American sci-fi has fallen into the doldrums in part because of the anti-science sentiment that's so prevalent in our culture lately.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/american-sci-fi-has-fallen-into-the-doldrums-in-part-because-of-the/)

[Nick Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-sagan/)

> [As a science-fiction writer, I feel my responsibility is to look ahead and see the dangers of what might happen and try to warn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-sagan/as-a-science-fiction-writer-i-feel-my-responsibility-is-to-look-ahead/)

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