Cosmic Microwave Background

Famous quotes containing the words cosmic, microwave and/or background:

    “A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.”
    —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)

    “The New Age? It’s just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for fifteen seconds.”
    —James Randi (b. 1928)

    “In the true sense one’s native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home.”
    —Emma Goldman (1869–1940)