“You’re Neptune, right?” she asked. “Lord of the sea who washed up on the beach during the storm? Do you perform miracles?… — Olivia Cunning Copy Share Image
“... the irregularities of the motion of Uranus...in order to find out whether they may be attributed to the action of an… — John Couch Adams Copy Share Image
To be taken into account were some years of schooling, where I studied with diligence Neptune's laws, and these laws I tried… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
I'm more into beats than rhymes. I'm a huge fan of anything touched by the Neptunes. Dancing is kind of my thing.… — David Gallagher Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of the planets in any combination. When I was born, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, the Sun,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Ever since celestial mechanics in the skillful hands of Leverrier and Adams led to the world-amazed discovery of Neptune, a belief has… — Percival Lowell Copy Share Image
You speak horse?" Hazel asked. "Speaking to horses is a Poseidon thing," Percy said. "Uh, I mean a Neptune thing." "Then you… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
If Neptune were analogized with a Chevy Impala in mass, then how big is pluto compared to that? Pluto would be a… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“His nature is too noble for the world: He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove for's power to thunder.… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If anyone decided to call the sea Neptune, and corn Ceres, and to misapply the name of Bacchus rather than to give… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
It is interesting to observe with what singular unanimity the farthest sundered nations and generations consent to give completeness and roundness to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I grew up believing my sister was from the planet Neptune and had been sent down to Earth to kill me. I… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
Jeff Carver is a hard sf writer who gets it right-his science and his people are equally convincing. NEPTUNE CROSSING combines his… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
We see it [the as-yet unseen, probable new planet, Neptune] as Columbus saw America from the coast of Spain. Its movements have… — William Herschel Copy Share Image
This success permits us to hope that after thirty or forty years of observation on the new Planet [Neptune], we may employ… — Urbain Le Verrier Copy Share Image
![“... the irregularities of the motion of Uranus...in order to find out whether they may be attributed to the action of an undiscovered planet beyond it. [John Couch Adams on how he began to discover Neptune.]” quote by John Couch Adams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a18/john-couch-adams-249062_astronomy_the-irregularities-of-the-motion-of-uran_962609.jpg)
![“We see it [the as-yet unseen, probable new planet, Neptune] as Columbus saw America from the coast of Spain. Its movements have been felt, trembling along the far-reaching line of our analysis with a certainty hardly inferior to that of ocular demonstration.” quote by William Herschel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/44b/william-herschel-28349_america_we-see-it-the-as-yet-unseen-probable-new_93769.png)
![“This success permits us to hope that after thirty or forty years of observation on the new Planet [Neptune], we may employ it, in its turn, for the discovery of the one following it in its order of distances from the Sun. Thus, at least, we should unhappily soon fall among bodies invisible by…” quote by Urbain Le Verrier](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a11/urbain-le-verrier-108136_age_this-success-permits-us-to-hope-that-aft_1431791.jpg)
