“People are rarely grateful for a demonstration of their credulity.”

— Carl Sagan, Broca's Brain, 1979, p. 58

About Carl Sagan

1934 – 1996

American astronomer and science communicator, author and presenter of "Cosmos".

“We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers.”

“Books are key to understanding the world and participating in a democratic society.”

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”

“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.”

“Blessed, blessed are the thieves who stole my masks.”

“He can communicate nothing so precious, glorious, blessed, as himself.”

“I thank God that my own lot is bound up with that of the human race.”

“We create gods and struggle with them, and they bless us.”

“Gratitude and Vanity are the nurses that rock the cradle of Love.”