On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 1:19 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > 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!") >
Oops, sorry for stepping on your toes :) I didn't know that "beam me up, Scotty!" was also a misquote (!) I will have to agree with John Lydon: "the written word is a lie!" > > > 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. > -- 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.
