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Letter "D" » Dr. Carl Sagan Quotes
«Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Medicine
| Keywords:
Advances, agriculture, in history, medicine, saved, vastly
«I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Constitution,
Nations,
Presidency
| Keywords:
allegiance, bill, Bill of Rights, constitution, directed, flag, oath, Oath of, office, pledge, pledged, pledges, Pledge of Allegiance, The Bill, The Nation, The Pledge of Allegiance, the President
«I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Science,
Superstition
| Keywords:
attractive, by year, edges, millennia, millennium, nearer, pseudo, siren, Sirens, sonorous, superstition, tempting, The Millennium, unreason
«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.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Genius
| Keywords:
bozo, brothers, clown, Columbus, Fulton, geniuses, imply, laughed, The Wright Brothers, wright
«We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Civilization,
Technology
| Keywords:
arranged, arranges, crucial, depend, depend on, elements, profoundly, technologies, technology
«I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Enthusiasm
| Keywords:
amazed, capability, college, college student, elementary, elementary school, students, youngster, youngsters
«The Universe forces those who live in it to understand it. Those creatures who find everyday experience a muddled jumble of events with no predictability, no regularity, are in grave peril. The Universe belongs to those who, at least to some degree,»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Universe
| Keywords:
jumble, jumbled, jumbles, jumbling, muddle, muddled, peril, predictability, regularities, regularity
«All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
America and Americans,
Books,
Cities
| Keywords:
American values, bits, broadcast, broadcasting, broadcasts, contain, More information, the books, The Video, video, videos
«Who will speak for Planet Earth?»
«For most of human history we have searched for our place in the cosmos. Who are we? What are we? We find that we inhabit an insignificant planet of a hum-drum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
(Astronomer, Scientist, Writer)
| About:
Research
| Keywords:
cosmos, drum, galaxies, galaxy, hum, Human history, humming, Hums, inhabit, insignificant, searched, the Galaxy, The Hum, tuck, tucked
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