# Quote — Carl Sagan, Cosmos

> For as long as there been humans we have searched for our place in the cosmos. Where are we? Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a hum-drum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. This perspective is a courageous continuation of our penchant for constructing and testing mental models of the skies; the Sun as a red-hot stone, the stars as a celestial flame, the Galaxy as the backbone of night.

- Author: [Carl Sagan](https://www.leafyquotes.com/carl-sagan.md)
- Book: [Cosmos](https://www.leafyquotes.com/carl-sagan/cosmos.md)
- Page: 193
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan#Cosmos_(1980)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/carl-sagan/cosmos/for-as-long

## More from this book

> I have...a terrible need...shall I say the word?...of religion. Then I go out at night and paint the stars.

p. 217 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/carl-sagan/cosmos/i-have-a-terrible.md)

> For a long time the human instinct to understand was thwarted by facile religious explanations.

p. 173 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/carl-sagan/cosmos/for-a-long.md)

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

p. 218 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/carl-sagan/cosmos/if-you-wish.md)