Astronomer Carl Sagan Quotes & Sayings

I picked up business skills along the way, but there are things you learn at school like speaking the language of business so you can speak with CEOs. — Shawne Merriman

Sagan is an astronomer with one eye on the stars, another on history, and a third - his mind's - on the human condition. ... — Carl Sagan

I was warned not to do it. Actors who play Jesus are supposed to have a hard time getting other roles to follow, but I felt this was a myth. After all, how can you be typecast as Christ? — Jeffrey Hunter

I like the simplicity of soloing. You've got no gear, no partner. You never climb better than when you free-solo. — Alex Honnold

A passion for life is one of the most attractive qualities in a human being. If you want a teammate or a life mate who loves to be around you, all you need to do is love to be around. — Denis Waitley

Many people remember that when in 1977 the Voyager spacecraft was launched, opinions were canvassed as to what artefacts would be most appropriate to leave in outer space as a signal of man's cultural achievements on earth. The American astronomer Carl Sagan proposed that 'if we are to convey something of what humans are about then music has to be a part of it.' To Sagan's request for suggestions, the eminent biologist Lewis Thomas answered, 'I would send the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach.' After a pause, he added, 'But that would be boasting. — John Eliot Gardiner

In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income. — Jean Rostand

Helicopters - "ghetto birds," as the other residents called them - — Duff McKagan

If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based in some religious code. — Randall Terry

I think the worst thing you can do is take an arrogant approach and not give people enough content to wrap their heads around. — Tyrese Gibson

The first two letters of the name Pluto are the initials of Percival Lowell. Its symbol is , a planetary monogram. But Lowell's lifelong love was the planet Mars. He was electrified by the announcement in 1877 by an Italian astronomer, Giovanni Schiaparelli, of canali on Mars. — Carl Sagan

I have the most conservative position. — Donald Trump

The Arum are nothing more than what a human would call a parasite. They are not worth the filthy floor you lie upon. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

In the middle 1970s an astronomer I admire put together a modest manifesto called "Objections to Astrology" and asked me to endorse it. I struggled with his wording, and in the end found myself unable to sign, not because I thought astrology has any validity whatever, but because I felt (and still feel) that the tone of the statement was authoritarian. — Carl Sagan

Katsa turned to Po with tears in her eyes. 'He'll be so angry.'
'He won't stay angry forever.'
'Won't he?' she said. 'People do sometimes.'
'Do they?' he said. 'Reasonable people? I hope that's not true.'
Katsa gave him a funny look, but didn't answer. Resumed hugging herself and kicking things. — Kristin Cashore

The renowned astronomer Carl Sagan once said, "We are made of star stuff." And it is true. The same elements that make up the stars are also inside us. We are a part of a huge, amazing universe, a tiny speck of magick amidst a world full of marvels. So every once in a while, take the time to look at the stars and remember that you have star stuff (and goddess stuff and god stuff) inside you. — Deborah Blake

When I was in my teens, Yehudi Menuhin, who was at work on his project 'The Music of Man,' introduced me to the great astronomer Carl Sagan. It was Sagan who first opened my eyes to the magnitude of the universe, and essentially to the notion of 'music of the spheres.' — Daniel Hope

It's my responsibility to walk around the hotel with a big smile on my face and not worry about what's happened in the last game. — David Beckham

Anyone who knows or cares anything about real country music will agree that George Jones is the voice of it. — Dolly Parton

As astronomer Carl Sagan once aptly put it, you do not want to keep your mind so open that your brain is likely to fall out. — Massimo Pigliucci

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