Carl Sagan

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American cith in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Nie wiem, dokąd zmierzam, ale jestem w drodze.

I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

Książki są jak nasiona. Mogą leżeć w uśpieniu przez stulecia, aby potem rozkwitnąć w najmniej obiecującej glebie.

Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.

Gdzieś coś niesamowitego czeka, aby być poznanym.

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.

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

Nadajemy światu znaczenia przez odwagę naszych pytań i głębię naszych odpowiedzi.

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

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

If you wish to make an apple from scratch you must first invent the universe.

What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but only what is supported by hard evidence rigorously and skeptically examined. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.