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 they knew that I was drawing what I was really seeing and it wasn't copied from… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
We were suddenly faced with the necessity of training a lot of young men in the art of navigation. — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful. — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
