#yea

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

It was good fortune to be a child during the Depression years and a youth during the war years. ↗

— Martin Lewis Perl

#depression #during #fortune #good #good fortune

After a hundred years the son of the King then reigning, who was of another family from that of the sleeping Princess, was a-hunting on that side of the country, and he asked what those towers were which he saw in the middle of a great thick wood. ↗

— Charles Perrault

#another #asked #country #family #great

It's hard and sometimes it's scary. It still amazes my mother. I went home for Christmas one year and there were fans all over the front lawn, hoping to see me. ↗

— Luke Perry

#christmas #fans #front #hard #home

If you had told me 28 years ago that the largest organization in the world touching the lives of gays and lesbians would be a church, I would not have believed you. ↗

— Troy Perry

#believed #church #gays #had #i

Less than 1 percent of the patients treated are alive at the end of five years. ↗

— Michael Landon

#end #five #less #patients #percent

I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot. ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#aids #dear #dear friend #early #friend

Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous. ↗

— Liz Phair

#being #being famous #dig #famous #i

This is my 20th year in the sport. I've known swimming and that's it. I don't want to swim past age 30; if I continue after this Olympics, and come back in 2016, I'll be 31. I'm looking forward to being able to see the other side of the fence. ↗

— Michael Phelps

#after #age #back #being #come

I gotta tell you, right at the top of my list would be taking vitamins. I know that over the years doctors have said they're ridiculous and all that. But I started taking my vitamins at an early age. And I take them every day. Every bloody day! So I think that's number one. For whatever reason, I feel active and pretty good at my age. ↗

— Regis Philbin

#age #bloody #day #doctors #early