Common Quote by Simon Newcomb

“For human beings, with our limited lives and limited means of travel, these vagaries of celestial alignment mean the majority of people on Earth…

— Tyler Nordgren

Most events recorded in history are more remarkable than important, like eclipses of the sun and moon, by which all are attracted,but whose effects…

— Henry David Thoreau

Whenever a total eclipse of the sun was visible in an accessible region parties were sent out to observe it.

— Simon Newcomb

What's the sense in having an eclipse if you can't look at it? Somebody in production sure slipped up this time!

— Charles M. Schulz

The total eclipses of the sun are very special and have been associated with wars, famines, floods, unprecedented climate changes and the death or…

— Walter Mercado

“Eclipses tend to be strong and last for several seasons. Those were particularly ominous because there were two of them, both in unfortunate locations.…

— Marcha A. Fox

“The term “solar eclipse” is in fact a misnomer. An eclipse occurs when one object passes into a shadow cast by another. In a…

— Guillermo del Toro

“The height of the Chacoan culture lasted from A.D. 1055 to 1083, corresponding to the period of most intense building activity. This period also…

— J. McKim Malville

There's no way to oversell how spectacular and incredible seeing a total eclipse is. A lot of people think they've seen an eclipse. They…

— Fred Espenak

The Venus transit is not a spectacle the way a total solar eclipse is a spectacle.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“When many others blamed the eclipse phenomenon on supernatural events, Zhenyi wrote back, “Actually, it’s definitely because of the moon.” (Direct quote!) All”

— Sam Maggs

'Eclipse' is overlong and overly self-conscious, but it isn't a fake or a zero; it just gets exhausting. It raises a crucial question: 'When…

— Robert Gottlieb