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Evidence 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…
- If some good evidence for life after death were announced, I'd be eager to examine it; but it would have to be real scientific data,…
- After I give lectures-on almost any subject-I am often asked, "Do you believe in UFOs?" I'm always struck by how the question is phrased, the…
- I am not an atheist. An atheist is someone who has compelling evidence that there is no Judeo-Christian-Islamic God. I am not that wise, but…
- It seems madness to say, 'We're worried that they're going to become addicted to marijuana' -- there's no evidence whatever that it's an addictive drug,…
- The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant, in many cases indistinguishable. Science and democracy began - in their civilized incarnations -…
- Discussing the possibilities of extraterrestrial life: I would love it even if they were short, sullen, grumpy and sexually obsessed. But there just isn't any…
- What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but only what is…
- In college, in the early 1950s, I began to learn a little about how science works, the secrets of its great success, how rigorous the…
- My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An agnostic is somebody who doesn’t believe in something until…
- One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re…
- The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.
- 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 can't convince a believer of anything; for their belief is not based on evidence, it's based on a deep seated need to believe
- I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
- Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
More Evidence Quotes
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence. — Lance Armstrong
- Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat, which became… — Michele Bachmann
- The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to… — Balthus
- Gather experience... Look at what you should not look at. A feeling of anxiety is the sure and certain evidence that you… — Clive Barker
- The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. — Henry Adams
- Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the… — John Adams
- There is something wrong with our culture when the view that marriage is between one man and one woman, a view shared… — Gary Bauer
- My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think… — Martha Beck
- Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. — Ambrose Bierce
- There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. — Josh Billings
- Genetic modification has many different areas, for example in medicine, and Britain is at the leading edge of this new technology. I… — Tony Blair