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“ When I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, we are part of this universe, we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the universe is in us. When I reflect on that fact, I look up – many people feel small, because they’re small and the universe is big – but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars. There’s a level of connectivity and that’s really what you want in life, you want to feel connected! You want to feel relevant, you want to feel like you’re a participant in the goings on of activities and events around you – and that’s precisely what we are, just by being alive.

Neil deGrasse Tyson (via the-star-stuff)

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“ Superheroes fill a gap in the pop culture psyche, similar to the role of Greek mythology. There isn’t really anything else that does the job in modern terms. For me, Batman is the one that can most clearly be taken seriously. He’s not from another planet, or filled with radioactive gunk. I mean, Superman is essentially a god, but Batman is more like Hercules: he’s a human being, very flawed, and bridges the divide.

Christopher Nolan

May 4th, 2011 at 6:27 pm 4 notes #Christopher Nolan #quotes

“ No matter how sophisticated we humans appear to be with our fancy shoes and Nintendo Wiis and whatnot, our brains are still cursed with a paleo-mammalian limbic system which the modern iPad owning part of us can’t control.

Charlie Brooker talking about fear on How TV Ruined Your Life: Fear

February 4th, 2011 at 7:41 pm 1 note #quotes

“ It can be dangerous, particularly childhood vaccinations, for example. That’s a very dangerous thing to have an opinion on. You need to trust the experts. It’s like getting on a plane and saying ‘I don’t think the wings should be like that. I just don’t like those wings. I want cubit wings.’ You know? You trust the aerodynamicist. Or you don’t go to the cockpit on a plane and say ‘I think I could do this better, can I fly this?’ … I think science is the art, I suppose, of teaching yourself to look at evidence and remove your prejudice.

Professor Brian Cox

October 13th, 2010 at 10:41 pm 36 notes #Brian Cox #The Infinite Monkey Cage #science #quotes

“ Let’s try—and God knows it’s hard—to be logical about this. If we object to corporal punishment, and I assume we do, on what grounds is this objection based? On the grounds that it is wrong to cause a child pain? Well, I don’t know about you, but when I recall childhood pain, I don’t recall the pains of toothache, a thrashed backside, broken bones, stubbed toes, gashed knees or twisted ankles—I recall the pains of loneliness, boredom, abandonment, humiliation, rejection and fear. Those are the pains on which I might and, still sometimes do, dwell, and those pains, almost without exception, were inflicted on me by other children and by myself.

Stephen Fry - Moab Is My Washpot (via fuckyeahstephenfry)

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“ People who don’t think probably don’t have brains; rather, they have grey fluff that’s blown into their heads by mistake.

Winnie the Pooh (via cassidybellmor)

Reblogged from cssdy August 9th, 2010 at 1:03 am 4 notes #quotes #winnie the pooh

“ Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us togeder tooday. Mawage, that bwessed awangment, that dweam wifin a dweam. And wuv, tru wuv, will fowow you foweva. So tweasure your wuv.

The Impressive Clergyman

August 7th, 2010 at 6:22 pm 3 notes #The Princess Bride #quotes

“ Your true love lives. And you marry another. True Love saved her in the Fire Swamp, and she treated it like garbage. And that’s what she is, the Queen of Refuse. So bow down to her if you want, bow to her. Bow to the Queen of Slime, the Queen of Filth, the Queen of Putrescence. Boo. Boo. Rubbish. Filth. Slime. Muck. Boo. Boo. Boo!

The Ancient Booer - The Princess Bride

August 7th, 2010 at 5:58 pm 7 notes #quotes #movies #The Princess Bride

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“ Hello Stonehenge! Who takes the Pandorica takes the Universe! But, bad news everyone, ‘cause guess who! Ha! Except, you lot, you’re all whizzing about, it’s really very distracting. Could you all just stay still a minute because I am talking! Now, the question for the hour is “Whose got the Pandorica?” Answer, I do. Next question, “Whose coming to take it from me?” Come on, look at me! No plan, no back up, no weapons worth a damn, oh, and something else: I don’t have anything to loose! So, if you’re sitting up there in your silly little space ships with all your silly little guns, and you’ve got any plans on taking the Pandorica tonight, just remember whose standing in your way! Remember every black day I ever stopped you, and then, and then, do the smart thing! Let somebody else try first.

The Doctor in The Pandorica Opens

July 25th, 2010 at 4:36 pm 4 notes #Doctor Who #quotes #chill inducing