Carl Sagan — "The Earth is like a tiny, fragile spaceship, and we are its crew."

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known."

"It is sometimes said that science is the enemy of religion. This is a common misconception. Science and religion are not enemies; they are simply different ways of looking at the world."

"The truth may be puzzling. It may take some effort to grasp. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be easy to do what the truth demands. But none of that mak…"

"Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light."

"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. The bamboozle…"