— Malachy McCourt
(Source: youtube.com)
“ My purpose in life always has been to avoid work. You know, I hear these people saying, “I work hard and I pay my taxes”. Well, you’re an asshole. ”
(Source: youtube.com)
“ The longest-lived “main sequence” stars (which have the same evolutionary history as our Sun) have lifetimes far longer than our Sun and will still be shining in 2 trillion years (even as our own Sun dies out in about only 5 billion years). And so in the far future there may be civilizations on planets around those stars, powered by solar power, with water and organic material.s And there may be astronomers with telescopes on those planets. But when they look out at the cosmos, essentially everything we can now see, all 400 billion galaxies currently inhabiting our visible universe, will have disappeared!
I have tried to use this argument with Congress to urge the funding of cosmology now, while we still have time to observe all that we can! For a congressperson, however, two years in a long time. Two trillion is unthinkable. ”
“Mr. Hagel faltered at one point, saying shortly before noon that he strongly supported the president’s policy of “containment” of Iran. He was quickly handed a note, which he read and then corrected himself, “Obviously, we don’t have a position on containment.”
At that point Mr. Levin interjected, “We do have a position on containment, which is we do not favor containment.”
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(Source: The New York Times)
“ WASHINGTON — Senators bade hasty goodbyes to families, donned ties and pantsuits in lieu of sweat pants and Christmas sweaters and one by one returned to the Capitol on Thursday to begin the business of doing nothing in particular. ”
(Source: The New York Times)
“ There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise. ”
(Source: Washington Post)
“ I date the end of the old republic and the birth of the empire to the invention, in the late thirties, of air conditioning, the politicians would abandon Washington in the summer; now they stay around all through the year, making mischief ”
“ Obama can like pass out rainbows to unicorns and Republicans will say it’s a horrible thing. ”
“ Let me start with a quick public service announcement for the gentlemen out there. Today is Valentine’s Day. Do not forget! ”
