Carl Sagan Quotes

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

Carl Sagan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SpaceBetterUniverseDelusionFar

When I see the cultural diversity that exists today, I feel that we must defend it, and we need Europe, because otherwise we are going to live in a society with a single model, the Anglo-American model.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

LiveTodayDiversitySocietyFeel

Democratic constitutions do allow some suspension of rights in states of emergency. Thus rights are not always trumps. But neither is necessity. Even in times of real danger, political authorities have to prove the case that abridgments of rights are justified.

Michael Ignatieff

PoliticalProveRealEmergencyEven

Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.

Stephen Sondheim

MusicMathLevelSureConscious

We want people to hear all the things we care about.

Sophie Hawley-Weld

PeopleCareWantThingsHearAbout

We think we have to work because the advertising industry has elevated wants into needs. The newspapers and the television batter us incessantly with the latest 'must-haves', whether that's shoes, videogames or patio heaters. As a result, mums think they 'have' to work at Tesco in order to buy expensive trainers.

Tom Hodgkinson

WorkShoesAdvertisingThinkResult

I've said all along: I'll support the nominee, because we can't afford another term of the Obama-Clinton foreign policy or, for that matter, economic policy at home.

Tom Cotton

HomeSupportSaidMatterPolicy

I pay a living wage, I believe in healthcare, I declare all my income, and I don't cut corners.

Tom Douglas

BelieveHealthcareLivingI Believe

Doing things like 'Extras' and 'Little Britain' keeps me in with the youngsters.

Ronnie Corbett

MeDoingLittleThingsLikeKeeps

You are overwhelmed, overscheduled, and dejected because you keep trying to have it all - or at least most of it. You want a fulfilling job and personal life, and it's not working. The way out? Work more.

Mary H.K. Choi

LifeWorkJobTryingYouPersonal

I'm not a reckless person, in the sense that I wouldn't do something that's reckless or dangerous, because I'm a pretty careful person. For example, I don't snow ski. I did it once, and I promised God I'd never do it again if I lived through it.

Mike Huckabee

SnowGodDangerousPersonNever

Birds of a lawless, bigoted feather bully together.

Michelle Malkin

TogetherBirdsBullyFeatherLawless

I knew there would be some controversy over the 'Potter' series between religious people and secular-minded people - that was inevitable - what astonished me and continues to astonish me is the intense controversy that erupted very early on among Christians themselves, in all the churches. It cuts across every denominational line.

Michael O'Brien

PeopleMeEarlyInevitableLine

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