#laps

The original project began because we know the universe is expanding. Everybody had assumed that gravity would slow down the expansion of the universe and everything would come to a halt and collapse. The big surprise was it was actually speeding up. ↗

— Saul Perlmutter

#assumed #because #began #big #big surprise

Historians will likely give Obama credit for steering the country away from the brink of economic collapse in 2009. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#brink #collapse #country #credit #economic

Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#collapse #communist #communist party #crisis #dramatic

Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of an entire sensibility. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#certain #course #critic #entire #entitled

No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth. ↗

— Robert Southey

#each #friendship #lapse #lessen #other

If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#causes #collapse #conditional #conditional love #cornerstones

Then they held my mouth shut for a while and hit me in the face, and with a whip across chest and back. I then collapsed, rolled on the floor, always keeping face down and no longer replied to any of their questions. ↗

— Ernst Thalmann

#always #any #back #chest #collapsed

It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing 'art' to defend their collapsing culture. ↗

— George Grosz

#bourgeoisie #collapsing #culture #defend #keep

The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship. ↗

— Jacky Ickx

#alive #am #championship #fact #i

First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict. ↗

— Brent Scowcroft

#between #collapse #concerned #conflict #deeply