#cover

For almost a century, the Universe has been known to be expanding as a consequence of the Big Bang about 14 billion years ago. However, the discovery that this expansion is accelerating is astounding. If the expansion will continue to speed up, the Universe will end in ice. ↗

— Saul Perlmutter

#ago #almost #astounding #bang #been

The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

#discovery #during #francis #head #i

The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#could #direction #discover #down #grass

The problem of Italy is not really a question of age. Japan has an older population, and it is now in full economic recovery. The problem is that Italy is old in the structure of the society. ↗

— Romano Prodi

#economic #economic recovery #full #italy #japan

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#discover #journey #must #ourselves #over it

To see the world for a moment as something rich and strange is the private reward of many a discovery. ↗

— Edward M. Purcell

#many #moment #private #reward #rich

Personally I discovered that you could go through the academy as a young scholar, come out, and almost immediately have an impact on the academic environment. ↗

— Bernice Johnson Reagon

#academy #almost #come #could #discovered

I discovered that the most interesting music of all was made by simply lining the loops in unison, and letting them slowly shift out of phase with other. ↗

— Steve Reich

#i #interesting #letting #lining #loops

Someone recommended that I read the Bible, and it was then I discovered that I knew nothing about it. ↗

— Cliff Richard

#bible #discovered #i #knew #nothing

The insurance companies aren't covering that. Should Monsanto be liable for these losses? Should the state government? Who's going to cover the losses? The fact is, here's an industry with no long-term liability in place. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#cover #covering #fact #going #government