Astronomer Quotes

36 quotes by 31 authors

Man is slightly nearer to the atom than to the star. ... From his central position man can survey the grandest works of Nature with… — Arthur Eddington
Exact science and its practical movements are no checks on the greatest poet, but always his encouragement and support ... The sailor and traveller, the… — Walt Whitman
The phenomena of nature, especially those that fall under the inspection of the astronomer, are to be viewed, not only with the usual attention to… — William Herschel
For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions or hypotheses about them. Since he cannot in any… — Andreas Osiander
Just as the spectroscope opened up a new astronomy by enabling the astronomer to determine some of the constituents of which distant stars are composed,… — Richard Dixon Oldham
The astronomer is, in some measure, independent of his fellow astronomer; he can wait in his observatory till the star he wishes to observe comes… — James Pollard Espy
I cannot agree with any astronomer who insists that all of these things are mirages, planets, clouds, or illusions. The majority of the people are… — Morris K. Jessup
Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer — Brian May
The undevout astronomer must be mad. — William Herschel
Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars . . . Beethoven embraced the universe with the… — Frederic Chopin
An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services — Tycho Brahe
Forty years as an astronomer have not quelled my enthusiasm for lying outside after dark, staring up at the stars. It isn't only the beauty… — Frank Drake
If I didnt choose art, I would have become an astronomer. — Peter Max
A high-school girl, seated next to a famous astronomer at a dinner party, struck up a conversation with him by asking: "What do you do… — James Keller
Said about Napier's logarithms: . . . by shortening the labors doubled the life of the astronomer. — Pierre-Simon Laplace
There are some things we do much better than computers, but since most of chess is tactically based they do many things better than humans.… — Viswanathan Anand
It is sometimes said that we should never believe a scientific theory until it is verified by experiment. But a famous astronomer has also stated… — Joao Magueijo
I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer. — Philip Emeagwali
When people on airplanes ask me what I do, I used to say I was a physicist, which ended the discussion. I once said I… — Margaret Geller
Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars. — Frederic Chopin

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