I'm a carbon chauvinist. I freely admit it. Carbon is tremendously abundant in the cosmos and it makes marvelously complex organic molecules that are terrifical

I'm a carbon chauvinist. I freely admit it. Carbon is tremendously abundant in the cosmos and it makes marvelously complex organic molecules that are terrifically good for life. I'm also a water chauvinist. It's an ideal solvent for organic molecules and it stays liquid over a very wide range of temperatures. -Carl Sagan, Cosmos s01e05