Scientific literatureWe are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.Carl Sagan1980★ 3.7
TV programIf you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.Carl Sagan1980★ 3.6
TV programThe cosmos is all there is or ever was or ever will be. Our contemplations of the cosmos stir us. There is a tingling in the spine, a catch in the voice, a faint sensation, as if a distant memory, of falling from a great height. We know we are approaching the grandest of mysteries.Carl Sagan1980★ 3.5
Scientific literatureBut 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.Carl SaganBroca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science · 1979★ 3.5