Archive for the ‘Carl Sagan’ Category
knowledge and intelligence
“Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgement, the manner in which information is coordinated and used.” – Carl Sagan, Cosmos
making the world significant
“We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers.” – Carl Sagan, Cosmos
history and events
“History consists for the most part of a complex bundle of deeply interwoven threads, social, cultural and economic forces that are easily unraveled. The countless small, unpredictable and random events that flow on continually often have no long-range consequences. But some, those occurring at critical junctures or branch points, may change the pattern of history.” – Carl Sagan, Cosmos
just a speck
“We have examined the universe in space and seen that we live on mote of dust circling a humdrum star in the remotest corner of an obscure galaxy. And if we are a speck in the immensity of space, we also occupy an instant in the expanse of ages.” – Carl Sagan, Cosmos
imagination carries us
“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere. Skepticism enables us to distinguish fancy from fact, to test our speculations. ” – Carl Sagan, Cosmos
