Astronomy Quote by John N. Bahcall

If I had to go back to school for anything, I'd go for astronomy.

— Anderson East

The main reason why people should care about research in fundamental physics is the same reason they care about astronomy and cosmology. People, children,…

— David Gross

Astronomy is useful because it raises us above ourselves; it is useful because it is grand; .... It shows us how small is man's…

— Henri Poincare

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

— Brian May

We take art, and I love all that. But I also like science for some reason. I just like finding out why things happen.

— Elle Fanning

Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind that underlies…

— Jacob Bronowski

I am an astronomer, and my job is to look to the heavens to better understand the universe and our place in it.

— Brian Schmidt

You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be in space…

— Helen Sharman

I think a scientist's job is to explore the Universe, to explore the cosmos around us. People always want to know - why is…

— Brian Schmidt

In astrophysics, we care about how matter, motion and energy manifest in objects and phenomenon in the universe. Stars are born. They live out…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

There's no question to my mind that saving our civilization and many other species is more important than our ability to do ground-based astronomy…

— David Grinspoon

Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg