Astronomers Quote by Hugh Ross

“Many folks already look to astronomy to help assess whether the cosmos is dumb versus divine. Unhelpfully, the universe does not generally oblige.”

— Bob Berman [The Sun's Heartbeat

Let no one expect anything of certainty from astronomy, lest if anyone take as true that which has been constructed for another use, he…

— Bill Vaughan

...for a long time I wanted to become a theologian... now, however, behold how through my efforts God is being debated in astronomy.

— Johannes Kepler

So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth…

— Nicolaus Copernicus

When I began my career as a cosmologist some twenty years ago, I was a convinced atheist. I never in my wildest dreams imagined…

— Frank J. Tipler

I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research.

— Albert Einstein

“I do not believe that the God who created all the universe, and who communes with His people through prayer and spiritual insight, would…

— Francis S. Collins

The big discoveries raise questions that make astronomers work feverishly and argue with an agitation that verges on rudeness.

— Nigel Calder

“It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits…

— Carl Sagan

Cosmologists are often in error, but never in doubt

— Lev Landau

When confronted with the order and beauty of the universe and the strange coincidences of nature, it's very tempting to take the leap of…

— Tony Rothman

I do not personally want to believe that we already know the equations that determine the evolution and fate of the universe; it would…

— John N. Bahcall