Astronomy Quotes

254 quotes by 173 authors

People gave ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the sun and the… — Martin Luther
I knew that even if I were second or third rate, it was astronomy that mattered. — Edwin Powell Hubble
Aristotle's opinion... that comets were nothing else than sublunary vapors or airy meteors... prevailed so far amongst the Greeks, that this sublimest part of astronomy… — Edmond Halley
I didn't understand how you could be an actor if you didn't also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also just go out… — Brit Marling
I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting. — Elizabeth Moon
There are only certain intervals of time when life of any sort is possible in an expanding universe and we can practise astronomy only during… — John D. Barrow
Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets. — Stephen Leacock
Lie on your back and look at the stars. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe. All this is suggested by the system of procession of events and… — Nicolaus Copernicus
There does, in fact, appear to be a plan. — Albert Einstein
In my youth I regarded the universe as an open book, printed in the language of equations, whereas now it appears to me as a… — Arthur Koestler
When the Sun shrinks to a dull red dwarf, it will not be dying. It will just be starting to live and everything that has… — Arthur C. Clarke
Astronomy is useful because it raises us above ourselves; it is useful because it is grand; .... It shows us how small is man's body,… — Henri Poincare
Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night. — Miles Kington
If it's a new planet, sign me up. I'm tired of driving around the block, boldly going where hundreds have gone before in orbit around… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
God is infinite, so His universe must be too. Thus is the excellence of God magnified and the greatness of His kingdom made manifest; He… — Giordano Bruno
As soon as somebody demonstrates the art of flying, settlers from our species of man will not be lacking [on the Moon and Jupiter]. .… — Johannes Kepler
To set foot on the soil of the asteroids, to lift by hand a rock from the Moon, to observe Mars from a distance of… — Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
As we look out into the Universe and identify the many accidents of physics and astronomy that have worked together to our benefit, it almost… — Freeman Dyson
The natural pattern of current astronomy is provided by the cryptic unity of nature itself (belief in which is the chief act of faith of… — Nigel Calder

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