You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce because you're competing for funds or grants to do your work, the financial work. — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share Image
How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle.… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that,… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science. — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
We were suddenly faced with the necessity of training a lot of young men in the art of navigation. — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
I was interested in telescopes and the way they worked because I had an intense desire to see what things looked like, so I… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
The planets are never the same twice, they're always different, so they could compare the markings I had drawn with their current photographs and… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
I thought I'd better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there's an image there in the right place that would… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful. — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course. — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
It was depressing, ... I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in my lifetime… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
I used to believe there were people on Mars, and of course now we know there aren't. Mars held particular interest. I was curious… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share
