For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study. — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
“I often asked Laplace what he thought of God. He owned that he was an atheist.” — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services — Tycho Brahe Copy Share Image
Just because a man glances up at the sky at night does not make him an astronomer, you know. — John Boyne Copy Share Image
“There is a lot of willful incompetence in high altitude astronomy that is in the process of coming to light.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars. — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
“I expect to be awarded the Nobel prize for researching what professional astronomers did not want researched.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“Deandre gazed at her like she was the stars, and he was a mere astronomer, searching her face for the constellations, admiring… — Aishabella Sheikh Copy Share Image
“Mauna Kea astronomers need to engage in a convenient ignorance regarding the biological toxicity of the observatories to obtain their tainted astronomical… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“Astronomy staff that routinely discharged industrial gas into the indoor environment at high altitudes did not wear oxygen deficiency monitors or protective… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“The toxicity of medical and industrial gas to the human depends on where it is used. A gas that is regarded as… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
If you take 10,000 people at random, 9,999 have something in common: their interests in business lie on or near the Earth's… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“My memories of my time in high altitude astronomy indicate that there were no oxygen concentration monitors or alarms in the areas… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“At the W.M. Keck Observatory on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, there was no routine monitoring of mental functioning,… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“During my time in high altitude astronomy, I routinely witnessed workers breathing medical oxygen, industrial carbon dioxide, nitrogen and helium gas as… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I'm an amateur astronomer, and I practice that hobby a lot. And I'm fascinated by hard science. Hard science is something for… — Tim Russ Copy Share Image
“When the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) found out that Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) were going to visit the site… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I read not so long ago about the construction of a large telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert, where rainfall can average a… — Brad Leithauser Copy Share Image
Man is slightly nearer to the atom than to the star. ... From his central position man can survey the grandest works… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
“She watched Malachy curl his long fingers around a lock of Layla's straight hair, gently caressing it as he mused on the… — Marsha Mehran Copy Share Image
The astronomer is, in some measure, independent of his fellow astronomer; he can wait in his observatory till the star he wishes… — James Pollard Espy Copy Share Image
“In high altitude astronomical facilities we routinely discharged large amounts of nitrogen gas into closed spaces. We were never informed by the… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“What caused me to undertake the catalog was the nebula I discovered above the southern horn of Taurus on September 12, 1758,… — Charles Messier Copy Share Image
“We do not know who realized that there was an element missing but we owe whoever it was a great debt. We… — Lee Smolin Copy Share Image
“She knew why she had Gerry on her mind, why she was spotting his likeness in the faces of strange little boys.… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“[ The Old Astronomer to His Pupil ] Reach me down my Tycho Brahe , I would know him when we meet,… — Sarah Williams Copy Share Image
“When I worked in high altitude astronomy, the worst sickness that I experienced was not at the 13,796 feet very high altitude… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
When I was little, I wanted to be an astronomer, but that didn't happen. — Ma Huateng Copy Share Image
I tell public audiences, don't go to a podiatrist for brain surgery; don't go to an astronomer for planetary science. — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
![“Man is slightly nearer to the atom than to the star. ... From his central position man can survey the grandest works of Nature with the astronomer, or the minutest works with the physicist. ... [K]nowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached…” quote by Arthur Eddington](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/546/arthur-eddington-8366_astronomer_man-is-slightly-nearer-to-the-atom-than_2665007.png)
![“[ The Old Astronomer to His Pupil ] Reach me down my Tycho Brahe , I would know him when we meet, When I share my later science, sitting humbly at his feet; He may know the law of all things, yet be ignorant of how We are working to completion, working on from then to now. Pray remember that I…” quote by Sarah Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0a0/sarah-williams-75927_astronomy_the-old-astronomer-to-his-pupil-reach-me_1586047.jpg)
