sagan Quotes

“Art must take reality by surprise.”

“Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.”

“You should celebrate the end of a love affair as they celebrate death in New Orleans, with songs, laughter, dancing and a lot of wine.”

“I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.”

“The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.”

“A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.”

“Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.”

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”

“To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.”

“Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.”