Astronomical Quotes

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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
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
Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief if measured in astronomical scale — Bertrand Russell
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
[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 Therefore its former denominations, pitch-blende, pitch-iron-ore, &c. are no longer applicable, and must be supplied by another… — Martin Heinrich Klaproth
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
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
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
Yes I do it big, call me little astronomical. Weezy F. Baby and the F is for phenomenal. — Lil Wayne
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
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
So thereâ€™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
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.
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

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