Ancient Quote by Clyde Tombaugh

How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle.…

— Clyde Tombaugh

I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that,…

— Clyde Tombaugh

We were suddenly faced with the necessity of training a lot of young men in the art of navigation.

— Clyde Tombaugh

I was interested in telescopes and the way they worked because I had an intense desire to see what things looked like, so I…

— Clyde Tombaugh

The planets are never the same twice, they're always different, so they could compare the markings I had drawn with their current photographs and…

— Clyde Tombaugh

I thought I'd better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there's an image there in the right place that would…

— Clyde Tombaugh

Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful.

— Clyde Tombaugh

A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So…

— Clyde Tombaugh

I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course.

— Clyde Tombaugh

It was depressing, ... I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer…

— Clyde Tombaugh

I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in my lifetime…

— Clyde Tombaugh

I used to believe there were people on Mars, and of course now we know there aren't. Mars held particular interest. I was curious…

— Clyde Tombaugh