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Painful Quotes by Carl Sagan
- Much of human history can, I think, be described as a gradual and sometimes painful liberation from provincialism, the emerging awareness that there is more…
- In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change…
- 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…
More Painful Quotes
- What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around… — Saint Augustine
- Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework can be painful. — Diane Ackerman
- Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from… — Teresa of Avila
- It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as… — Francis Bacon
- The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. — Roger Bannister
- My therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But I'm still… — Drew Barrymore
- Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget… — Ethel Barrymore
- No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth. — Martha Beck
- It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. — Henry Ward Beecher
- There is an immense, painful longing for a broader, more flexible, fuller, more coherent, more comprehensive account of what we human beings… — Saul Bellow
- I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's… — Sara Blakely