77 Quotes by Ann Druyan

"What Carl used to say is, 'When you're in love, you want to tell the world,' ... He wanted to communicate that the nature of the universe is so thrilling and inspiring and spiritually uplifting."

"The Science Channel has done a beautiful job of enhancing the visuals by giving new visual expression to our scripts, and leaving the greatness of Carl untouched,"

"It's amazing how much Cosmos speaks to us today."

"I love this chance to cut away from Carl and really show the most visually dazzling concepts. The Hubble didn't even exist then, and we've leaned heavily on Hubble images here."

"I really think it's a tribute to Carl. To me, it's a kind of instant scientific literacy."

"Knowing a deep thing well, which is what science asks of its practitioners, is an empowerment that is very profound. It’s a liberation."

"As a species, we tend to lie quite a bit – to ourselves and to each other. It’s a primate thing. So, a reason to go into a career in science and technology, or to learn more about these subjects, is to become a more powerful person."

"Science has carried us to the gateway to the universe. And yet our conception of our surroundings remains the disproportionate view of the still-small child. We are spiritually and culturally paralyzed, unable to face the vastness, to embrace our lack of centrality and find out actual place in the fabric of nature."

"I don’t have any faith, but I have a lot of hope, and I have a lot of dreams of what we could do with our intelligence if we had the will and the leadership and the understanding of how we could take all of our intelligence and our resources and create a world for our kids that is hopeful."

"Our stars are not where we last admired them. Our homes crumble and we don’t know which place to long for."