Sagan Pale Blue Dot Quotes & Sayings

Ann Druyan suggests an experiment: Look back again at the pale blue dot of the preceding chapter. Take a good long look at it. Stare at the dot for any length of time and then try to convince yourself that God created the whole Universe for one of the 10 million or so species of life that inhabit that speck of dust. Now take it a step further: Imagine that everything was made just for a single shade of that species, or gender, or ethnic or religious subdivision. If this doesn't strike you as unlikely, pick another dot. Imagine it to be inhabited by a different form of intelligent life. They, too, cherish the notion of a God who has created everything for their benefit. How seriously do you take their claim? — Carl Sagan

After I have taught you the ancient arts, you will be able to see the past much better than any movie. — Stephen Boston

Carl Sagan's 'Pale Blue Dot' is where I got the title 'Momentary Masters.' — Albert Hammond Jr.

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

Some people are like egg. The more you apply heat to them, the harder they become. To hatch them, just use a gentle heat, and to keep them alive, just keep them cool. — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Wearing my tee over her shorts, she studied the sink counter. "You smell like chocolate."
I handed her the Axe spray. "It brings all the girls to the yard. — Bijou Hunter

If Lucien is determined to have her, he won't let her be sensible. That's the entire point behind seduction. Men use passion to rob gentle bred ladies of their good sense."

-Cedric.
His Wicked Seduction — Lauren Smith

Each instant of life is a step toward death. — Pierre Corneille

It's easy these days to buy a nation, but it's quite difficult to take it by force. — James Aldridge

I'm going to keep living my life the way I've been living my life, and nothing is going to change that even if the Olympics are coming up. — Ryan Lochte

The best way to get America back to work, and reduce our deficit, is hire all the photographers in the country, position them on street corners, and have them take pictures of all the license plates of red-light runners, who will then receive a fine and all will be fine. But wait! Nobody will run red lights, because not only are gas prices too high, but with no jobs to be late to, nobody has anywhere to go. — Jarod Kintz

General [De Gaulle], you must not hate your friends more than you hate your enemies — Clementine Churchill

There is thin line between smile and laughter. — Santosh Kalwar

We live a protracted adolescence. At some point you must leave the party. — Don Henley

Often as we teach and testify about the law of tithing, we emphasize the immediate, dramatic and readily recognizable temporal blessings that we receive. And surely such blessings do occur. Yet some of the diverse blessings we obtain as we are obedient to this commandment are significant but subtle. — David A. Bednar