Across the universe Quote by Carl Sagan

“Think of the rivers of blood, spilled by all those generals and emperors, so that in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary…

— Carl Sagan

“Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged (...) Our planet is a lonely…

— Carl Sagan

Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light.…

— Carl Sagan

How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, “This is better than we thought! The Universe is much…

— Carl Sagan

Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.

— Carl Sagan

There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.

— Carl Sagan

What a splendid perspective contact with a profoundly different civilization might provide! In a cosmic setting vast and old beyond ordinary human understanding we…

— Carl Sagan

“Another glorious feature of many modern science museums is a movie theater showing IMAX or OMNIMAX films. In some cases the screen is ten…

— Carl Sagan

“The principal energy sources of our present industrial civilization are the so-called fossil fuels. We burn wood and oil, coal and natural gas, and,…

— Carl Sagan

The strongest affection and utmost zeal should, I think, promote the studies concerned with the most beautiful objects, most deserving to be known.

— Nicolaus Copernicus

How quickly do we grow accustomed to wonders. I am reminded of the Isaac Asimov story Nightfall, about the planet where the stars were…

— Roger Ebert

Astronomers say the universe is finite, which is a comforting thought for those people who can't remember where they leave things.

— Woody Allen