Cost Quote by Francis Arthur Freeth

“What are they doing, examining last month's costs with a microscope when they should be surveying the horizon with a telescope? [Acerbic comment about…

— Francis Arthur Freeth

Telescopes and microscopes bring to our view the otherwise unseen and unknown.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Microscopes and telescopes really confuse our minds.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

For some reason most critics have a hard time fixing their minds directly under their noses, and before they see the object that is…

— Allen Tate

where the telescope ends the microscope begins, and who can say which has the wider vision?

— Victor Hugo

“Some professional astronomy telescopes are associated with unusual illnesses and deaths in their workers.”

— Steven Magee

What is it precisely, that they are doing when they are doing science. Are they refining their instruments for observation or discovering new aspects…

— Rebecca Goldstein

This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords.

— Edmond Halley

Where the telescope ends the microscope begins, and which has the wider vision?

— Victor Hugo

I've never owned a telescope, but it's something I'm thinking of looking into.

— George Carlin

“Spyglasses, as Lipperhey called telescopes, whether they're in the form of spotting scopes, spyplanes, or reconnaissance satellites, are more than simple instruments or tools.…

— Trevor Paglen

I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon.

— Ezra Cornell