Asking Quote by James Keller

“I signed up for astronomy in college Just to be close to a girl I lost before the course was over. She’d seen me…

— Mark Jarman

“What are your interests?" "Your son in my room," I said. "Excuse me?" "The sun and the moon," I said. "Astronomy.”

— David Levithan

“I don't want to brag about how dumb I am, but this job is plain as astronomy to me. I understand everything about it…

— Dashiell Hammet

“When you're an astronomer, you always have stars in your eyes.”

— Anthony T. Hincks

“[In high school] my interests outside my academic work were debating, tennis, and to a lesser extent, acting. I became intensely interested in astronomy…

— Allan McLeod Cormack

Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer

— Brian May

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

When a kid says 'I'm in astrophysics at school because of your character' that's amazing to me.

— David Hewlett

“I think astronomy is a bad study for you. It makes you feel human insignificance too plainly.”

— Thomas Hardy

“fMr. Oswald places the telescope on the desk in front of us. "This," he says proudly, "Is a Broadhurst. It was the most powerful…

— Wendy Mass

“Is the sun the biggest object in space?" he asked me in an even, determined voice. I had to think about that one for…

— Mariana Zapata

“Students are stars so treat them as you inspire to stars in the sky.”

— Kamaran Ihsan Salih