Enjoying the JourneyA Special set of Quotes of the Day - October 21, 2008 - Carl Sagan
October 22nd 2008 01:46
A Special set of Quotes of the Day - October 21, 2008 - Carl Sagan
Today we have a collection of some Carl Sagan quotes.
"But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere."
"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense."
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
"When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it."
"Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves."
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."
"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time."
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
"The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity."
"It means nothing to be open to a proposition we don't understand."
"Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our own ignorance about ourselves."
Which ones do you like? Did i miss one you prefer?
Today we have a collection of some Carl Sagan quotes.
Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
"But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring."
"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere."
"Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense."
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."
"When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it."
"Where we have strong emotions, we're liable to fool ourselves."
"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."
"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time."
"Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."
"The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity."
"It means nothing to be open to a proposition we don't understand."
"Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our own ignorance about ourselves."
Which ones do you like? Did i miss one you prefer?
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Comment by Morgan Bell
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thanks for putting together such a great collection, its a great selection and im glad you drew my attention to it!
im really enjoying the direction of your quotations lately!