Astronomical Quotes
53 quotes by 51 authors
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Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to…
— Michael Badnarik
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By means of microscopic observation and astronomical projection the lotus flower can become the foundation for an entire theory of the universe and an agent…
— Yukio Mishima
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Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief if measured in astronomical scale
— Bertrand Russell
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To most people, I fancy, the stars are beautiful; but if you asked why, they would be at a loss to reply, until they remembered…
— George Santayana
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There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the Sun and its…
— Seth Shostak
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It is difficult to imagine anyone having any real hopes for the human race in the face of the fact that the great majority of…
— H. L. Mencken
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The brain is biology's greatest challenge. Perhaps in a sense it is the greatest challenge for science as a whole, beyond moon landings, the ultimate…
— Steven Rose
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The supposed astronomical proofs of the theory [of relativity], as cited and claimed by Einstein, do not exist. He is a confusionist. The Einstein theory…
— Charles Lane Poor
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[About Francis Baily] The history of the astronomy of the nineteenth century will be incomplete without a catalogue of his labours. He was one of…
— Augustus De Morgan
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For it is the same whether you take it that the Earth is in motion or the Sky. For, in both the cases, it does…
— Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
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[Pitchblende] consists of a peculiar, distinct, metallic substance. Therefore its former denominations, pitch-blende, pitch-iron-ore, &c. are no longer applicable, and must be supplied by another…
— Martin Heinrich Klaproth
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God created the universe out of nothing in an act which also brought time into existence. Recent discoveries, such as observations supporting the Big Bang…
— Henry Margenau
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The issue here is not gun control. And it's not even astronomical cost overruns, although those are serious. What's really inexcusable is that Parliament was…
— Sheila Fraser
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During all the first part of the Middle Ages, no other people made as important a contribution to human progress as did the Arabs, if…
— Philip Khuri Hitti
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Yes I do it big, call me little astronomical. Weezy F. Baby and the F is for phenomenal.
— Lil Wayne
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I truly love the game; I wouldn't be playing if I didn't love the game. I'm not getting paid astronomical dollars; it's truly for the…
— Michael Jordan
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If every UFO report could be convincingly credited to some conventional astronomical or atmospheric phenomenon, there would be no UFO mystery. It is precisely because…
— Don Berliner
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So there’s a kind of resurgence of the sense of freedom and spontaneity in nature. From nature being bound into a rigid, deterministic model, freedom,…
— Rupert Sheldrake
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But even labeling a site as astronomical is an improvement, since it partially sidesteps the old stereotype of Indians being primitive and ignorant savages.
— Vine Deloria, Jr.
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On certain occasions, the eyes of the mind can supply the want of the most powerful telescopes, and lead to astronomical discoveries of the highest…
— Francois Arago
Who Wrote These Astronomical Quotes
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