Cosmic Microwave Background

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

“We made a silence, for teacups, once
After cosmic gall had bittered a lidless night....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)

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

“I had many problems in my conduct of the office being contrasted with President Kennedy’s conduct in the office, with my manner of dealing with things and his manner, with my accent and his accent, with my background and his background. He was a great public hero, and anything I did that someone didn’t approve of, they would always feel that President Kennedy wouldn’t have done that.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)