”As long as there have been humans, we have searched for our place in the cosmos. Where are we, who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star, lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people. We make our world significant by the courage of our questions, and by the depth of our answers.”
gorgeous.
(Source: bouncingdodecahedrons)
— Carl Sagan, Cosmos.
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Carl. Sweetie. So optimistic .___.I tear up whenever I watch or listen to this bit. It makes me so sad for some inexplicable reason.
(Source: fluxings)
(via wilwheaton)
An engineer who removed 24 bolts attaching the NOAA-19 satellite to a transportation plate failed to document his actions, resulting in a $135 million accident when the pristine craft inevitably toppled over. Ruh-roh.
And I thought I felt bad when I smashed a super-nice Peroni glass in the pub I used to work at…
When asked, “What can you tell a young man looking for motivation in life itself?”
Neil deGrasse Tyson responded:
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.
For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.
Oh look, Jon Stewart. Hay boo haaay.
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Frothy Lube is unfit to hold public office. He is more suited for the Taliban.
— Ayrton Senna
Things that I love, things that make me laugh, and ideas that I have.
