Carl Sagan Atoms Quotations

If we are merely matter intricately assembled, is this really demeaning? If there's nothing here but atoms, does that make us less or does that make matter more?

There are as many atoms in one molecule of DNA as there are stars in a typical galaxy.

Atoms are mainly empty space. Matter is composed chiefly of nothing.

There are more potential combinations of DNA [physical forms] than there are atoms in the universe.