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gianticecube: When I thought president, Carl Sagan would show

OGrady_Texas: Carl Sagan was a brilliant skeptic -

FFRF: We at FFRF will admit it: We’re thrilled when we see the freethought perspective in the media — and there were a number of such instances this week. Read our Weekly Wrap here:

gianticecube: It used to tell on Carl Sagan

KelvinRedd: Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. ~Carl Sagan

catglum: RIP carl sagan aka the guy who chose what went on that gold record up in space i know you woulda loved pursuit of happiness by kid cudi

quot3bot: "The notion that science and spirituality are somehow mutually exclusive does a disservice to both." ~ Carl Sagan

gianticecube: I've been my friend Carl Sagan

paul__132: I've been trying to articulate this for so long and of course it's Carl Sagan that puts my thoughts so eloquently.

kenwcherry: distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known." — Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot, 1994

vivek_m007: 1/2 Whenever I see war like Israel and Palestine I always think of what Carl Sagan wrote about the Pale Blue Dot. "The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel

gianticecube: My friend Carl Sagan would show president

mestechko1: in addition to my dynamite impression of carl sagan at the grocery store i now can do natasha bedingfield as a hogwarts professor

Astrominder: "All of us cherish our beliefs. They are, to a degree, self-defining. When someone comes along who challenges our belief system as insufficiently well-based – [continued...] -Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

Th3yLiveWeSleep: Just found a strange corner of Youtube while looking for that clip of Carl Sagan that Mulder watched that time on the X-Files. It contains videos from the US National Archives. The "suggested videos" panel only includes other National Archives videos. Odd.

AlphaaaCentauri: It's been said that astronomy is a humbling and, I might add, a character-building experience. - Carl Sagan, Astronomer

SyedIHusain: But nature is always more subtle, more intricate, more elegant than what we are able to imagine. ~Carl Sagan

gianticecube: I've wrote my friend Carl Sagan

HariRVA: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. - CARL SAGAN

wp4suso: “Anything else you’re interested in is not going to happen if you can’t breathe the air or drink the water. Don’t sit this one out. Do something.” Carl Sagan (1934–1996)

QIQ_EveryDay: A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. :- Carl Sagan

ManUnited30: On page 152 of 459 of The Demon-Haunted World, by Carl Sagan

Be_First_Media: “I don't want to believe. I want to know.” ~ Carl Sagan

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edalgomezn: 3 of 5 stars to Cosmos by Carl Sagan

RICHARDSTOTELM1: I encourage you to become a TEAM MEMBER of the SOLAR RIGHTS ALLIANCE. "If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal." - Carl Sagan

WriterBrig: “Every script is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another like this one. We're going to pass.” - Carl Sagan passing on a TV pilot.

CreatvEmergence: “The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together. ” ~ Carl Sagan

revvoice: Do you think the people at the local bakery were really pissed off at how much work they would have to do whenever Carl Sagan walked in to get a slice of apple pie?

quot3bot: "The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space." ~ Carl Sagan

Aplm888Alana: Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. ~ Carl Sagan

QuarksLeptons_: Every star you see in the sky might be sun for someone. ~Carl Sagan

JIMMYKEATING8: Carl. Sagan GOOD DAM CARL

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gianticecube: My friend Carl Sagan used to tell Carl Sagan trying to be my friend Carl Sagan

royllovians: A cosmetologist? Like Carl Sagan? That's so cool, I love science!

theIra_rebel: that sense of elation and humility combined, is surely spiritual." -Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

David_o_Bedlam: Jerusalem should be a City of Peace, people shouldn't be thrown out of their homes, and we need to work together for better fortunes on this little blue dot. That's what he called it. Spaceship Earth, too. That's what Carl Sagan understood. I imagine him growing up in Bkln. 3/3

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tgblsjnr: Suka banget sama kutipan dari Carl Sagan "Pale blue dot" "The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena"

JeffYi16: "Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere." Carl Sagan

LittleRockNews_: I don't want to believe. I want to know. - Carl Sagan

CosmonaNFT: Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. — Carl Sagan

Dharmen46587056: Everything hinges on the matter of evidence -Carl Sagan

marramgg: All this violence always brings me back to this Carl Sagan quote: “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it, everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.”

21MBitcoinHero: "If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth." - Carl Sagan

urbanbarbarian: Carl Sagan. Cosmic Pimp

gianticecube: My friend Carl Sagan breathes

LesLinks: 'The Pale Blue Dot' - Carl Sagan.

FarOutCinema: Sagan would go for a dinner with Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke

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Ifi44L: Carl Sagan: "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility"

ValaAfshar: Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.

joybhattacharj: From Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, written in 1995. Seems so prophetic.

keaplin: It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese. -- Carl Sagan

philewing: As for the Carl Sagan social science here it seems right on point. In an era in which significant numbers of our fellow citizens hoard gas in grocery bags and/or don't believe in germs, like, you'd CLEARLY have a whole spectrum of responses if Gort landed

HamptonsTV: "If you wish to make an apple pie truly from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” Carl Sagan (1934-1996) ‘Cosmos’

Steven_Lang: It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese. - Carl Sagan

KungFuShoesSays: "It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English -- up to fifty words used in correct context -- no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese." Carl Sagan

HopeBlooming: “Every star that you see in the sky might be a sun to someone.” ~ Carl Sagan

MichaelGalanin: "The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars." — Carl Sagan Nightfall over Cerro Paranal in Chile. Timelapse Credit: ESO​/​José Francisco Salgado

itsA_R_F: " Every star which you see in the sky might be a sun to someone." - Carl Sagan ✨

leellrc: We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever... Carl Sagan leoni

pickover: Tweet a new quote below (as if in the style of Carl Sagan or Richard Feynman, but original to you), and perhaps someday I can create an artistic tweet, and attribute the quote to YOU.

SciFiClimateGuy: "The visions we offer our children shape the future. It matters what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps." -Dr. Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space

FermentedTrash: *Carl Sagan voice* And in what other wondrous ways might the universe’s secrets unfold before us if we as a species possessed a car that went 9,999,999,999,999,999,999,999 mph on highway?

gianticecube: My friend Carl Sagan breathes

williamlidwell: I am pleased to welcome Jon Lomberg to the Encyclopaedia Cosmologica team! Jon was the Chief Artist for Carl Sagan's classic television series, COSMOS, as well as Design Director of the Voyager Golden Record, among many other things. Learn more at

LSHager: Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the opposite of chaos. It implies the deep interconnectedness of all things. It conveys awe for the intricate and subtle way in which the universe is put together—Carl Sagan

LSHager: Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality—Carl Sagan

chriscronin: "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

LSHager: One of the saddest lessons of history is this: if we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth.—Carl Sagan

LSHager: [When] the bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back—Carl Sagan

JIMMYKEATING8: Read about 1939 HOW SAD look what Carl Sagan wrote about the future. WE ARE DEVOLVING intellectually as a HUMAN RACE we are losing

mitchatropolis: Went to the beach with family. Slept in a pink room.The way the waves eventually fold over on themselves in a white splash was nice with coffee. I thought about how Carl Sagan said the earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. Who says cool poetic shit like that anymore?

marthertz: Carl Sagan. xD

marthertz: In 1975 Carl Sagan presented his solar sailing idea, 45 years later The Planetary Society will use his design for the LightSail 2 spacecraft. ... Although they don't even mention Sagan.

yevad_: "...The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." ~ Carl Sagan

7932__: “Don’t judge everyone else by your limited experience.” — Carl Sagan

korolkovas: “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe.” — Carl Sagan

JFortin670: The universe is a humbling experience, the pale blue dot! Carl Sagan.

benperimen: I never read his books, but Carl Sagan teach me the sheer optimism of what can science do, and what wonders can cosmos gives to humanity ❤

spacecourtfdn: Found footage of Werner von Braun hosting a Zoom meeting with Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, and Robert Oppenheimer. The Space Bar Show premieres May 18th!

AgateFossilBeds: "Our ancestors lived out of doors. They were as familiar with the night sky as most of us are with our favorite television programs." - Carl Sagan Learn more about Agate Fossil Beds' amazing night skies

jayaribcm: “If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.” Carl Sagan

FalunJimmy: the author of Mafia Summit flatly states that there's no evidence of a blackmail photo showing Hoover blowing Tolson, apart from it being the word on the street. he even quotes Carl Sagan, “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”

DrPhiltill: A few of the planetary scientists who’ve called the large moons “planets”: Carl Sagan, Chris McKay, Jim Head, W. Kirkwood, William Herschel, Huygens, Kepler, Galileo, Copernicus. This aspect of the Geophysical Planet Definition has actually been the norm for 400 years.

josiahblessen: “We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.” Carl Sagan

podcastideasbot: a podcast where limp bizkit simps for molon labe with carl sagan

Sportsmans_Life: I don't want to believe. I want to know. - Carl Sagan

imrozed: Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy. Carl Sagan

imrozed: What I'm saying is, if God wanted to send us a message, and ancient writings were the only way he could think of doing it, he could have done a better job. Carl Sagan

kochhar_kartik: “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” -~Carl Sagan

Stephen21095661: SMcC-Ted Turner interviews Carl Sagan

leethompsonuk: Re-watching ‘Contact’ (1997) just because... I had no idea the novel it is based on was written by Carl Sagan.

clim8invest: “Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.” Carl Sagan Good job, we know what needs to be done to stop climate change. Capital at Risk

FemboySkeptic: “The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together.” ― Carl Sagan

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