Astronomy Quote by J. August Richards

I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first.

— Terry Pratchett

I got into astronomy through an interest in religion.

— Carolyn Porco

I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth.

— Edgar Mitchell

At the age of three I began to look around my grandfather's library. My first knowledge of astronomy came from reading and looking at…

— Jesse L. Greenstein

I was drawn to astronomy by a teenage existential quest. Around 13, I was deep into wondering about the meaning of life and what…

— Carolyn Porco

I was a science fiction geek from an early age, enthralled by the questions of life in the universe. As I got older, I…

— David Grinspoon

My parents gave me a small telescope, then I built my own, and one thing led to another. So that's how I ended up…

— Dimitar Sasselov

I do not remember exactly when I became interested in astronomy, but I know it was at a very young age. I did organize…

— Nancy Roman

My whole entry into astronomy started from a spiritual place.

— Carolyn Porco

As a child, I remember my own intensive interest in biology, birds, other animals and flowers and was determined at an early age to…

— Harald zur Hausen

Space has always fascinated me. As a young boy looking up at the stars, I found it impossible to resist thinking what was out…

— Richard Branson

So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science…

— Octavia Butler