"Nothing comes out more clearly in astronomical observations……" — Maria Mitchell
"Nothing comes out more clearly in astronomical observations than the immense activity of the universe."
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48 Quotes by Maria Mitchell
Maria Mitchell has 48 quotes on this site.
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Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone…
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People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.
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I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the…
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The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious and the best…
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We especially need imagination in science. Question everything.
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The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and…
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That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.
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No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?
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The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.
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For women there are, undoubtedly, great difficulties in the path, but so much the more to overcome. First, no woman…
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A young sailor boy came to see me to-day. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their…
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When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of…
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More Activity Quotes
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I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words…
— Margaret Atwood
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If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always…
— Roger Bannister
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Snowboarding is an activity that is very popular with people who do not feel that regular skiing is lethal enough.
— Dave Barry
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To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.
— Martha Beck
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If you think squash is a competitive activity, try flower arranging.
— Alan Bennett
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The activity of a singer that sings opera is similar to that of an athlete.
— Andrea Bocelli
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The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone.
— William J. H. Boetcker
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Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.
— Edward de Bono
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Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.
— Jorge Luis Borges
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I'm just trying to spread the word and upturn the myth that actually you should be resting after cancer treatment.…
— Jo Brand
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Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in…
— Jacob Bronowski
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Where I grew up, in Des Moines, Iowa, there is hardly any downtown economic activity now. Everybody shops in malls…
— Bill Bryson
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