"Many statements about God are confidently made by……" — Carl Sagan

Many statements about God are confidently made by theologians on grounds that… - Carl Sagan

"Many statements about God are confidently made by theologians on grounds that today at least sound specious. Thomas Aquinas claimed to prove that God cannot make another God, or commit suicide, or make a man without a soul, or even make a triangle whose interior angles do not equal 180 degrees. But Bolyai and Lobachevsky were able to accomplish this last feat (on a curved surface) in the nineteenth century, and they were not even approximately gods."

Able Quotes Accomplish Quotes Angle Quotes Angles Quotes Another Quotes Another God Quotes Approximately Quotes Aquinas Quotes Atheist Quotes Cannot Quotes Cannot Make Quotes Century Quotes Claimed Quotes Commit Quotes Commit Suicide Quotes Confidently Quotes Curved Quotes Degrees Quotes Equal Quotes Even Approximately Quotes Even Make Quotes Feat Quotes God Quotes God Cannot Quotes Gods Quotes Grounds Quotes Interior Quotes Interior Angles Quotes Last Quotes Lasts Quotes Least Quotes Least Sound Quotes Lobachevsky Quotes Made Quotes Make Quotes Make Another Quotes Man Quotes Man Without Quotes Many Quotes Men Quotes Nineteenth Quotes Nineteenth Century Quotes Prove Quotes Soul Quotes Sound Quotes Specious Quotes Statements Quotes Suicide Quotes Surface Quotes Theologian Quotes Theologians Quotes Thomas Quotes Thomas Aquinas Quotes Today Quotes Triangle Quotes Triangles Quotes

467 Quotes by Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan has 467 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 467 quotes by Carl Sagan »

More Able Quotes

This quote is filed under Able Quotes, one of 10,642 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is… — Hank Aaron
I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able… — Alexis Arguello
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you… — Julian Assange
I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less… — Paul Auster
For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
I myself spent nine years in an insane asylum and I never had the obsession of suicide, but I know… — Antonin Artaud
Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on… — Mary Kay Ash
An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to… — John Ashcroft
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except… — David Attenborough
I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within… — David Attenborough
Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural… — David Attenborough

See all 10,642 Able Quotes »