Quotes about Astronomy

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. Votes: 6

Astronomy taught us our insignificance in Nature. Votes: 5

Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer Votes: 5

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets. Votes: 5

In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy. Votes: 5

This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords. Votes: 4

The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons. Votes: 4

Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics. Votes: 4

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. Votes: 4

Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology. Votes: 4

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. Votes: 4

So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth ideas conceived for another purpose, and depart from this study a greater fool than when he entered it. Votes: 4

Astronomy is written for astronomers Votes: 3

I'm interested in astrology and astronomy. Votes: 3

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology. Votes: 3

Astronomy? Impossible to understand and madness to investigate. Votes: 3

The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest. Votes: 3

Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility. Votes: 3

Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer. Votes: 3

Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night. Votes: 3

Astronomy is the science of the harmony of infinite expanse. Votes: 3

Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns. Votes: 3

Astronomy is ... the only progressive Science which the ancient world produced. Votes: 3

We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy. Votes: 3

Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another Votes: 3

Astronomy was the cradle of the natural sciences and the starting point of geometrical theories. Votes: 3

It calls Devotion! genuine growth of night! Devotion! Daughter of Astronomy! An undevout astronomer is mad! Votes: 3

Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards. Votes: 3

I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting. Votes: 3

Astronomy would not provide me with bread if men did not entertain hopes of reading the future in the heavens. Votes: 3

Our fantastic civilization has fallen out of touch with many aspects of nature, and with none more completely than with night. Votes: 3

Astronomy ... is of all others the science which seems to present to us the most striking instance of waste in nature. Votes: 3

Astronomy is not the apex of science or of invention. But it is a test of the cast of temperament and mind that underlies a culture. Votes: 3

(...) The new nine muses, Commerce, Operatic Music, Amor, Publicity, Manufacture, Liberty of Specch, Plural Voting, Gastronomy, Private Hygiene, Seaside Concert Entertainments, Painless Obstetrics and Astronomy for the People. Votes: 3

Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe. ... Every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. Votes: 3

The Babylonian and Assyrian civilizations have perished; Hammurabi, Sargon and Nebuchadnezzar are empty names; yet Babylonian mathematics is still interesting, and the Babylonian scale of 60 is still used in Astronomy. Votes: 3

Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is. Votes: 3

Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to. Votes: 3

Astronomy is, not without reason, regarded, by mankind, as the sublimest of the natural sciences. Its objects so frequently visible, and therefore familiar, being always remote and inaccessible, do not lose their dignity. Votes: 3

Nature may be as selfishly studied as trade. Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology; psychology, mesmerism (with intent to show where aour spoons are gone); and anatomy and physiology become phrenology and palmistry. Votes: 3

I turned my attention for a while to gamma ray astronomy and soon began the first in a continous series of experiments at the Savannah River site to study the properties of the neutrino. Votes: 3

But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy. Votes: 3

We should do astronomy because it is beautiful and because it is fun. We should do it because people want to know. We want to know our place in the universe and how things happen. Votes: 3

Astronomy, that micography of heaven, is the most magnificent of the sciences. ... Astronomy has its clear side and its luminous side; on its clear side it is tinctured with algebra, on its luminous side with poetry. Votes: 3

Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something of the enlargement and grandeur belonging to the science itself. It is a quickener of devotion. Votes: 3

Astronomy is something like the ministry. No one should go into it without a call. I got that unmistakable call, and I know that even if I were second-rate or third-rate, it was astronomy that mattered. Votes: 3

Let me arrest thy thoughts; wonder with me, why plowing, building, ruling and the rest, or most of those arts, whence our lives are blest, by cursed Cain's race invented be, and blest Seth vexed us with Astronomy. Votes: 3

The first steps in Agriculture, Astronomy, Zoology, (those first steps which the farmer, the hunter, and the sailor take,) teach that nature's dice are always loaded; that in her heaps and rubbish are concealed sure and useful results. Votes: 3

Astronomy was born of superstition; eloquence of ambition, hatred, falsehood, and flattery; geometry of avarice; physics of an idle curiosity; and even moral philosophy of human pride. Thus the arts and sciences owe their birth to our vices. Votes: 3

It has never been in my power to study anything, mathematics, ethics, metaphysics, gravitation, thermodynamics, optics, chemistry, comparative anatomy, astronomy, psychology, phonetics, economics, the history of science, whist, men and women, wine, metrology, except as a study of semeiotic . Votes: 3

Astronomy says: the sun will rise tomorrow, Zoology says: on rainbow-fish and lithe gazelle, Psychology says: but first it has to be night, so Biology says: the body-clocks are stopped all over town and History says: here are the blankets, layer on layer, down and down. Votes: 3

It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are Votes: 1

I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first. Votes: 1

Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes Votes: 1

Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles. Votes: 1

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother Votes: 1

The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on the earth. Votes: 1

I only watch National Geographic Channel, and also I have the app on my phone. I'm into astronomy and love to learn about new facts. Votes: 1

The study of celestial phenomena at radio wavelengths, radio astronomy came into being after the accidental discovery of cosmic radiation by radio engineer Karl Jansky in 1933. Votes: 1

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other. Votes: 1

Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. Votes: 1

I didn't understand how you could be an actor if you didn't also study philosophy and study political science, astronomy. And also just go out and live life and have experiences. Votes: 1

You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination. Votes: 1

While it may be disappointing, I have to confess to people who ask for my insights on the meaning of it all that astronomy doesn't provide any clearly useful data on matters of sin and souls. Votes: 1

Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me it means that only one-third of the world is asleep at any given time and the other two-thirds is up to something Votes: 1

I was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years after the death of Galileo. I estimate, however, that about two hundred thousand other babies were also born that day. I don't know whether any of them was later interested in astronomy. Votes: 1

I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force. Votes: 1

People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead. Votes: 1

I think music is about our internal life. It's part of the way people touch each other. That's very precious to me. And astronomy is, in a sense, the very opposite thing. Instead of looking inwards, you are looking out, to things beyond our grasp. Votes: 1

I do not remember exactly when I became interested in astronomy, but I know it was at a very young age. I did organize an astronomy club for my friends at the age of 11. We would meet once a week to learn about the constellations. Votes: 1

Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and I am using science as my basis for my fiction, but it's the science of prehistory - palaeontology and archaeology - rather than astronomy or physics. Votes: 1

My only wish would be to have 10 more lives to live on this planet. If that were possible, I'd spend one lifetime each in embryology, genetics, physics, astronomy and geology. The other lifetimes would be as a pianist, backwoodsman, tennis player, or writer for the 'National Geographic.' Votes: 1

It will be the mother of all telescopes, and you can bet it will do for astronomy what genome sequencing is doing for biology. The clumsy, if utilitarian, name of this mirrored monster is Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, or LSST. You can't use it yet, but a peak in the Chilean Andes has been decapitated to provide a level spot for placement. Votes: 1

How can you shine among darkness? Just be yourself and always try to become better than who you were yesterday. It's that simple. Listen to your heart, and start doing what it's asking you to do..and be aware of your mind because it may want to stop you. Don't let anything or anyone stop you from shining and doing what you are supposed to do on earth. Votes: 1

At night the sky is pure astronomy. Votes: 0

The fool will upset the whole science of astronomy. Votes: 0

Psychiatry is to medicine what astrology is to astronomy. Votes: 0

It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are. Votes: 0

System debugging has always been a graveyard-shift occupation, like astronomy. Votes: 0

In creating the world, God used arithmetic, geometry, and likewise astronomy. Votes: 0

Very high altitude astronomy only works by ignoring established biological science Votes: 0

Do you believe in astrology? -I don't even believe in astronomy. Votes: 0

System debugging, like astronomy, has always been done chiefly at night. Votes: 0

Of all the sciences, astronomy was the one the superstitious liked least. Votes: 0

The more I know of astronomy, the more I believe in God. Votes: 0

As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property. Votes: 0

Astrology is astronomy brought down to Earth and applied toward the affairs of men. Votes: 0

Computer science has as much to do with computers as astronomy has to do with telescopes. Votes: 0

I knew that even if I were second or third rate, it was astronomy that mattered. Votes: 0

Other job markets may lay claim to the title, but astronomy is actually the world's oldest profession. Votes: 0

It seems to me that all the evidence points to Apollonius as the founder of Greek mathematical astronomy. Votes: 0

People give ear to an upstart astrologer [Copernicus]...this fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy Votes: 0

Religion ends and philosophy begins, just as alchemy ends and chemistry begins, and astrology ends and astronomy begins. Votes: 0

My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term "magnitude," which is used for the brightness of a star. Votes: 0

My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude', which is used for the brightness of a star. Votes: 0

The body is a device to calculate the astronomy of the spirit. Look through that astrolabe and become oceanic. Votes: 0

I am convinced that everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges, astronomy, astrology, metempsychosis, etc.. Votes: 0

I had studied at Harvard and MIT astronomy and a lot about the heavens and the star system and so forth. Votes: 0

I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science. Votes: 0

The calendar is intolerable to all wisdom, the horror of all astronomy, and a laughing stock from a mathematician's point of view. Votes: 0

Philosophy begins where religion ends, just as by analogy chemistry begins where alchemy runs out, and astronomy takes the place of astrology. Votes: 0

The physical doctrine of the atom has got into a state which is strongly suggestive of the epicycles of astronomy before Copernicus . Votes: 0

The narrow sectarian cannot read astronomy with impunity. The creeds of his church shrivel like dried leaves at the door of the observatory. Votes: 0

For the twenty million Americans who are hungry tonight, for the homeless freezing tonight, literature is as useless as a knowledge of astronomy. Votes: 0

It is noticed, that the consideration of the great periods and spaces of astronomy induces a dignity of mind, and an indifferenceto death. Votes: 0

...for a long time I wanted to become a theologian... now, however, behold how through my efforts God is being debated in astronomy. Votes: 0

Geology, in the magnitude and sublimity of the objects of which it treats, undoubtedly ranks, in the scale of the sciences, next to astronomy. Votes: 0

I only watch National Geographic Channel, and also I have the app on my phone. Im into astronomy and love to learn about new facts. Votes: 0

The sculptor, and the painter also, should be trained in these liberal arts: grammar, geometry, philosophy, medicine, astronomy, perspective, history, anatomy, theory of design, arithmetic. Votes: 0

For astronomy is not only pleasant, but also very useful to be known: it cannot be denied that this art unfolds the admirable wisdom of God. Votes: 0

But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy opened up. Votes: 0

The sciences, even the best,-mathematics and astronomy,-are like sportsmen, who seize whatever prey offers, even without being able to make any use of it. Votes: 0

This is very similar to astronomy where different magnitudes are assigned to the brightness of an astronomical object, depending on the range of wavelengths being measured. Votes: 0

I was never strong at maths, but I eventually got onto a university physics/astronomy course, and that led on to my Ph.D. and eventual employment. Votes: 0

The natural pattern of current astronomy is provided by the cryptic unity of nature itself (belief in which is the chief act of faith of the scientist). Votes: 0

It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully from a book. Votes: 0

Pursuing the religious life today without using psychedelics drugs is like studying astronomy with the naked eye because that's how they did it in the first century A.D. Votes: 0

For it is obvious to everybody, I think, that this study [of astronomy] compels the soul to look upward and leads it away from things here to higher things. Votes: 0

The fool will upset the whole science of astronomy, but as the Holy Scripture shows, it was the sun and not the earth which Joshua ordered to stand still. Votes: 0

To command their professors of astronomy to refute their own observations is to command them not to see what they do see and not to understand what they do understand. Votes: 0

Scientific truth is too beautiful to be sacrificed for the sake of light entertainment or money. Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles. Votes: 0

I had the intention of becoming a theologian...but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy, for 'the heavens declare the glory of God.' Votes: 0

So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy. Votes: 0

Those arts which are, to be sure, not finite, as geometry and arithmetic, do not suffer adornment; others, contrarily, are rather subject to division and embellishment, such as astronomy and jurisprudence. Votes: 0

In the progressive growth of astronomy, physics or mechanical science was developed, and when this had been, to a certain degree, successfully cultivated, it gave birth to the science of chemistry. Votes: 0

I have enormous respect for Derek Parfit, although he seems to me bound within an unfortunate philosophical tradition - rather like the extraordinarily brilliant exponents of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Middle Ages. Votes: 0

I loved Pluto. I was totally fascinated by Pluto. When I started in astronomy, I started looking at this region of the sky because I thought it was so interesting out there. Votes: 0

There are only certain intervals of time when life of any sort is possible in an expanding universe and we can practise astronomy only during that habitable time interval in cosmic history. Votes: 0

I was raised a Southern Baptist, and my whole family were Christians. However, my Dad was really into science and astronomy, so I felt very balanced. I still had respect for faith. Votes: 0

I love travelling and going on wildlife safaris. I have an interest in astronomy. I like reading on current affairs, business and science. I love doing nothing if I can help it. Votes: 0

But just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations of intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. Votes: 0

There's a Universe Instrument, where we apply Hip-Hop to astronomy, and we flush out the chemistry of Hip-Hop. We also flushed out the astronomy, to see where Hip-Hop is read in the stars. Votes: 0

I have always loved astronomy, and being an astronomer once lurked in the back of my mind. But I was never good at algebra. In fact, I flunked it twice in high school. Votes: 0

Until very recently, the heavenly bodies have been investigated only with reference to their position and their laws of motion, and a quarter of a century ago astronomy was little more than celestial topography. Votes: 0

I have a love for astronomy; Aruna, my wife, and I love travelling, so whenever we get an opportunity, we set off to explore places that have tickled our interest. We are also wildlife enthusiasts. Votes: 0

Let no one expect anything of certainty from astronomy, lest if anyone take as true that which has been constructed for another use, he go away... a bigger fool than when he came to it. Votes: 0

Nothing can be more destructive to ambition, and the passion for conquest, than the true system of astronomy. What a poor thing is even the whole globe in comparison of the infinite extent of nature! Votes: 0