Astronomers Quote by Nicolaus Copernicus

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions or hypotheses about them. Since he cannot in…

— Andreas Osiander

The simplicity of the law by which the celestial bodies move, and the relations of their masses and distances, permit analysis to follow their…

— Pierre-Simon Laplace

Astrology, the noblest of sciences.

— Dante Alighieri

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

Astronomy is written for astronomers

— Nicolaus Copernicus

“An Astronomer is to tell where the planets are. Then an Astrologer is to interpret what the location of those planets mean for a…

— Mitta Xinindlu

Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something of the enlargement and…

— Horace Mann

Well for everyone to make a study of astrology for, as indicated, while many individuals have set about to prove the astrological aspects and…

— Edgar Cayce

“Astronomy is, not without reason, regarded, by mankind, as the sublimest of the natural sciences. Its objects so frequently visible, and therefore familiar, being…

— Benjamin Silliman

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In astronomy, the law of gravitation is plainly better worth knowing than the position of a particular planet on a particular night, or even…

— Bertrand Russell

Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles.

— Richard Dawkins