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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
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Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.: Gary Zukav, "The Dancing Wu Li Masters"
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.: Thomas Szasz, "The Second Sin"
I maintain there is much more wonder in science than in pseudoscience. And in addition, to whatever measure this term has any meaning, science has the additional virtue, and it is not an inconsiderable one, of being true.: Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)
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Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.: Henri Poincare (1854 - 1912)
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Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of the world.: Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.: Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001), "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

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