![]() ![]() Thousands of people have used this phrase. For this particular phrase, there has never been a page number, and a scroll through Wikiquote finds it right at the top of the “misattributed” section. ![]() But most of the time, if you look through enough sites with his quotes (or consult Wikiquote), you can find an exact citation and page number, pointing towards a source you can check yourself. I can’t claim to have read every piece of Sagan’s published writing in existence. It has a lovely, but very easily Pinterest-able sentiment. I’ve seen it in giant typeface on the wall of the Cornell University store, and on a T-shirt at the Hayden Planetarium. If you search for the quote that NASA Administrator Bill Nelson used to conclude the recent JWST livestream-“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known”-you’ll find a barrage of these words against spiraling galaxies and long-exposed skies, with the occasional image of Carl Sagan himself, floating happily amongst the stars. ![]()
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