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Against Quotes by Carl Sagan
- An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God. I know of…
- You mean am I for it or against it? You think this is a key question I'm going to be asked on Vega, and you…
- One of the reasons for its success is that science has a built-in, error-correcting machinery at its very heart. Some may consider this an overbroad…
- You can get into a habit of thought in which you enjoy making fun of all those other people who don't see things as clearly…
- Science is a way to call the bluff of those who only pretend to knowledge. It is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion…
- An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God. I know of…
- National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to maintain…
- Science is a bulwark against mysticism, against superstition, against religion misapplied to where it has no business being.
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- I have nothing against 3-D in theory. But I've also never run to the movies because something's in 3-D. — J. J. Abrams
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- We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
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- We get information in the mail, the regular postal mail, encrypted or not, vet it like a regular news organization, format it… — Julian Assange