About Carl Sagan

Astronomer and science communicator who created the television series Cosmos. (1934-1996)

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• Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.Cosmos, episode 12 (1980)
• If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.Cosmos (1980), p. 218
• Science is much more than a body of knowledge. It is a way of thinking.'Why We Need To Understand Science', The Skeptical Inquirer (1990)
• Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.Cosmos, episode 11 'The Persistence of Memory' (1980)
• In a cosmic perspective, most human concerns seem insignificant, even petty. And yet our species is young and curious and brave and shows much promise.Cosmos (1980), p. 4

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• Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with conflict by peaceful means.Ronald Reagan
• Let us learn together and laugh together and work together and pray together, confident that in the end we will triumph together in the right.Jimmy Carter
• The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.Jimmy Carter
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