Carl Sagan on argument
Carl Sagan104 quotes“One of the great commandments of science is: Mistrust arguments from authority.”
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Carl SaganCarl Sagan There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Stars are phoenixes, rising from their own ashes.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Where we have strong emotions, we’re liable to fool ourselves.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan The only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan If it can be destroyed by the truth, it deserves to be destroyed by the truth.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Your god is too small for my universe.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan A galaxy is composed of gas and dust and stars – billions upon billions of stars. Every star may be a sun to someone.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.
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Silence is argument carried out by other means.
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Elaine HaysElaine Hays No references to the need to fight terror can be an argument for restricting human rights.
Vladimir PutinVladimir Putin It is a predisposition of human nature to consider an unpleasant idea untrue, and then it is easy to find arguments against it.
Sigmund FreudSigmund Freud At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed.
Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass Empty is the argument of the philosopher which does not relieve any human suffering.
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