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- Probably the closest things to perfection are the huge absolutely empty holes that astronomers have recently discovered in space. If there's nothing… — Richard Brautigan
- The astronomers said, 'Give us matter and a little motion and we will construct the universe. It is not enough that we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- [At high school in Cape Town] my interests outside my academic work were debating, tennis, and to a lesser extent, acting. I… — Allan McLeod Cormack
- It must have appeared almost as improbable to the earlier geologists, that the laws of earthquakes should one day throw light on… — Charles Lyell
- For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study. — Nicolaus Copernicus
- So we down-to-earth, gutsy, tough, realistic, and practical types have just been squandering billions of dollars and unimaginable amounts of energy, nerve-work,… — Alan Watts
- [Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less… — W. W. Rouse Ball
- Exact science and its practical movements are no checks on the greatest poet, but always his encouragement and support ... The sailor… — Walt Whitman