Carl Sagan Quotes

We hunger to understand, so we invent myths about how we imagine the world is constructed - and they're, of course, based upon what we know, which is ourselves and other animals. So we make up stories about how the world was hatched from a cosmic egg or created after the mating of cosmic deities or by some fiat of a powerful being.

Carl Sagan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 9, 1934 - December 20, 1996

Topics

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I still believe that 'No Smoking' is one of my best performances.

John Abraham

BestBelieveSmokingStill

The novel is resilient, and so are novelists.

John Banville

ResilientNovelNovelists

I'm not a big movie-goer. I just feel like I'm watching work.

Jeffrey Donovan

WorkFeelWatchingBigJustLike

The TV Everywhere structure is good for all cable, satellite, and telephone distributors. It's good for all networks. It's good for studios that sell to networks, so it's basically good for everybody on the business side.

Jeff Bewkes

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'TMZ' took the illusion of privacy away. Now the paranoid star just assumes someone is always there. Decoy cars and false itineraries are floated to throw 'TMZ' off the scent.

Stephen Rodrick

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The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn't work and you're going to hit a brick wall at some point.

Rupert Everett

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My parents didn't allow me to do all the things the cool kids could do. I was quiet, reserved, and at some points, taken complete advantage of simply because of my sex and gender. For a while, in high school, I was so deep into self-hate.

Rupi Kaur

SchoolParentsMeCoolDeepGender

Charlie Rose is the ultimate ad.

Jay Chiat

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When Jerry Springer thinks you've gone too far, my friends, you have gone too far.

Colin Powell

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Yes, I play computer games. I think you've got to embrace the latest technology. For someone to dismiss games as not important would be the same as saying the Internet is not important.

Bruce Feirstein

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The great thing about playing team sport is you win and lose together, and the pain is never as bad when you share it.

Brian O'Driscoll

GreatTogetherPainTeamWinLose

I get mad when people give me presents. I don't want them, I don't need them.

Suze Orman

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