"There is something eccentric in the orbit of…" — Tycho Brahe
"There is something eccentric in the orbit of Mars."
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18 Quotes by Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe has 18 quotes on this site.
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For those [observations] that I made in Leipzig in my youth and up to my 21st year, I usually call…
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From his observations, he concluded that it [Tycho's supernova] was not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor, whether…
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The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like…
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Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.
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May I not seem to have lived in vain.
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The body of the Earth, large, sluggish and inapt for motion, is not to be disturbed by movement (especially three…
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And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a…
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An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services
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So mathematical truth prefers simple words since the language of truth is itself simple.
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Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have…
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When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such…
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It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus.
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More Eccentric Quotes
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I have always idolized eccentric people.
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To seek understanding before taking action, yet to trust my instincts when action is called for. Never to avoid danger…
— Steven Brust
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I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds.…
— Dana Carvey
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Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.
— Anton Chekhov
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The character truest to itself becomes eccentric rather than immovably centered, as Emerson defined the noble character of the hero.…
— James Hillman
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When I'm losing, they call me nuts. When I'm winning, they call me eccentric.
— Al McGuire
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It is the great support and solace of the saints in all the distresses that befall them here, that there…
— John Flavel
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The mind always functions in an eccentric way, the mind is always an idiot. The really intelligent person has no…
— Rajneesh
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Most people are much more unusual and complicated and eccentric and playful and creative than they have time to express.
— Oliver Herring
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Be virtuous and you will be eccentric.
— Mark Twain
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If you really want to break from the pack, you have to risk being perceived to be as eccentric as…
— John Eliot
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Seriously, I do not know what to say of this book [ Absalom, Absalom!] except that it seem to point…
— Clifton Fadiman
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