Carl Sagan Quotes

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.

Carl Sagan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TechnologyPowerScienceIgnorance

I like working. I wish I could say I made a deliberate choice to comedy, but it's just what came my way. It's what the studios wanted to make. Some of my friends were doing it, like Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, and they offered me 'Talladega Nights.' It's just nice work if you can get it. It's a joyful day at work, making your friends laugh.

John C. Reilly

WorkDayMeLaughComedyWish

I'm an odd mixture. I'm a sort of Geordie punk who started in classical theatre. It means nobody ever knows quite where to put me, but I like that.

Andrea Riseborough

MeTheatreNobodyPunkStartedOdd

I was a very sickly boy when I was young; nearly died when I was 7. I had a life-threatening attack of meningitis, and that put me in a coma for a few months. It took me four years to get my memory back.

John Lydon

MemoryMeBackYoungBoyYears

That's correct, I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn't write.

Robert Kiyosaki

SchoolHigh SchoolWriteOutHigh

Ultimately, you've got to have something to say, so a writer should continue learning things throughout life. But I don't think education makes one a writer.

Roger Zelazny

LifeEducationLearningThinkYou

I couldn't have imagined that I would live long enough to see Egypt emancipated from decades of repression.

Mohamed ElBaradei

LiveEnoughLongEgyptSeeWould

I've never felt at home anywhere.

Julia Holter

HomeNeverAnywhereFelt

To avoid ignorance and bullying, I've had to hide the fact that I'm a troll. You have no idea how much time and money I've spent on electrolysis and hair dye and reconstructive surgery so I can look like this.

Jon Cryer

TimeIgnoranceMoneyBullyingHair

It is a woman's nature to be constant - to love one and one only, blindly, tenderly, and for ever - bless them, dear creatures!

Anne Bronte

NatureLoveWomanBlindlyBless

Dealing with political things, it's not for me. It makes me crazy. I want to buy, you want to sell. Please make it simple.

Pier Luigi Loro Piana

SimpleMeCrazyPoliticalYouWant

My parents were the ones who gave me the independence, who gave me the spark to do anything that you set your mind to, as all parents should do for their kids.

Marlee Matlin

ParentsMindMeIndependenceSpark

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.

Len Deighton

WorkAirMexicoNoiseBecauseWell

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