“Nearly 100 years ago, when Planned Parenthood was founded, birth control was illegal.” YearsBirthYears AgoIllegalParenthoodBirth ControlPlanned Parenthood Author:Cecile Richards
“Quantum field theory, which was born just fifty years ago from the marriage of quantum mechanics with relativity, is a beautiful but not very robust child.” YearsChildrenBeautifulBornBeautyMarriageFieldsTheoryBirthYears AgoFiftyQuantumMechanicRelativityQuantum MechanicsRobust Author:Steven Weinberg
“If we want to unlock the secret behind the origin of our sun and its planets, it would be helpful to find some remnants from the birth itself, an event that took place about four-and-a-half-billion years ago.” IfsWantYearsWould BeSecretBehindsHalfSunFourEventsPlanetsBirthYears AgoBillionsHelpfulRemnants Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“But one of the coolest things about meteorites is that most were formed four-and-a-half-billion years ago, during the birth of our solar system, when, for reasons not yet known, a cloud of gas and dust was transformed into a sun with circling planets.” YearsReasonHalfKnownSunFourPlanetsBirthYears AgoCloudsBillionsDustGasTransformedSolar System Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Hard to imagine 40 years ago people could be convicted of a crime, fined, sent to prison for using the most common forms of birth control.” PeopleYearsHardFormCommonImagineCrimeBirthYears AgoPrisonBirth Control Author:Dick Durbin
“When God wanted to defeat sin, His ultimate weapon was the sacrifice of His own Son. On Christmas Day two thousand years ago, the birth of a tiny baby in an obscure village in the Middle East was God's supreme triumph of good over evil.” YearsTwoWantedEvilSinSacrificeMiddleSonBabyBirthThousandWeaponsYears AgoUltimateDefeatEastTinySupremeTriumphVillageMiddle EastThousand YearsObscureChristmas DayGood Over Evil Author:Charles Colson
“What good is it to me that Mary gave birth to the son of God fourteen hundred years ago, and I do not also give birth to the Son of God in my time and in my culture? We are all meant to be mothers of God. God is always needing to be born.” GivingYearsMotherCulturePeaceBornSonBirthHundredYears AgoMy TimeMeant To BeMaryFourteen Author:Meister Eckhart