And the passing Comet, we wish-would cleanse our earth.

It is always wonderful to be a curious comet wandering in the galaxy of a good book.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Astonishingly, at some point, a sputtering torch was thrust into her hands. Alma did not see who gave it to her. She had never…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Life is like a comet that briefly crosses the night sky without almost being noticed”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

A learned woman is thought to be a comet, that bodes mischief whenever it appears.

— Bathsua Makin

Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.

— Edward Young

I see myself as a huge fiery comet, a shooting star. Everyone stops, points up and gasps "Oh look at that!" Then- whoosh, and…

— Jim Morrison

However dangerous might be the shock of a comet, it might be so slight, that it would only do damage at the part of…

— Pierre Louis Maupertuis

“Yes, we all die but there's a tendency to focus on the end too much. Life can be a wondrous, sparkling comet trail that…

— Stewart Stafford

As shaking terrors from his blazing hair, a sanguine comet gleams through dusky air.

— Torquato Tasso

In the year 1456 ... a Comet was seen passing Retrograde between the Earth and the sun... Hence I dare venture to foretell, that…

— Edmond Halley

The cost of solving the Comet mystery must be reckoned neither in money nor in manpower.

— Winston Churchill

Now it must be asked if we can comprehend why comets signify the death of magnates and coming wars, for writers of philosophy say…

— Albertus Magnus

Scientists say the European space probe that landed on the comet has detected organic matter. This means there could be either life in space…

— Conan O'Brien

I was born with Halley's Comet and I expect to die upon its return

— Mark Twain

I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter.

— Maria Mitchell