Astronomy Quotes

254 Astronomy quotes by 173 unique authors

To command their professors of astronomy to refute their own observations is to command them not to see what they do see and not to… — Galileo Galilei
The fact that astronomies change while the stars abide is a true analogy of every realm of human life and thought, religion not least of… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Does the evolutionary doctrine clash with religious faith? It does not. It is a blunder to mistake the Holy Scriptures for elementary textbooks of astronomy,… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
The study of celestial phenomena at radio wavelengths, radio astronomy came into being after the accidental discovery of cosmic radiation by radio engineer Karl Jansky… — Honor Harger
I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth. — Edgar Mitchell
Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles. — Richard Dawkins
I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In… — Natalie Babbitt
In law, as in every other branch of knowledge, the truths given by induction tend to form the premises for new deductions. The lawyers and… — Benjamin Cardozo
Until very recently, the heavenly bodies have been investigated only with reference to their position and their laws of motion, and a quarter of a… — George Phillips Bond
This is very similar to astronomy where different magnitudes are assigned to the brightness of an astronomical object, depending on the range of wavelengths being… — Charles Francis Richter
But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the… — James Nasmyth
So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction… — Octavia Butler
It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world… — Plato
That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was,… — Dr Carl Sagan
Quran in the light of Science part 1 Furthermore this document listed further miracles to prove that the universe had a creator. There is a… — Kaceem Aveiro
Sometimes, I think of the sun and the moon as lovers who rarely meet, always chase, and almost always miss one another. But once in… — Uknown
Astronomy compel the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. — Plato
You are the moon and I am the sun Your light is unlike any other one Promise to guide me through the unlit and in… — Caroline Downs
The world is my country, science is my religion. — Christiaan Huygens
It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are. — E. O. Wilson
Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother — Voltaire
I'm a outer space balla, put you up on astronomy. Mathamatically with a pistol I do trigonometry. — Young Dro
We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. — Unknown Author
Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the… — Ptolemy
With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster 13 in the constellation Hercules, and still there are some… — Unknown Author

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