Actually Sagan may not have used the phrase "billions and billions" but it (too?) may have been a misquote that came to be associated with him (like "play it again, Sam" and "beam me up, Scotty!")
On 23 April 2014 23:16, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, and to really stick my neck out, I think the phrase "billions and > billions" became a cliché through Carl Sagan using it in the TV programme > "Cosmos" so I suspect (but have zero proof) that this quote is attributed > to Sam Clemens but is in fact either made up or misquoted. My theory is > that someone either invented it or altered it from an original quote which > didn't include that phrase, and that they did so more recently than the > original broadcast of "Cosmos" which I think was in the 1980s... > > :-) > > Just a hunch, my dear Watson. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
