Discover the force of the skies O Men: once recognised it can be put to use.
What has been done is little—scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past. And our knowledge will, we are easily persuaded, appear in turn the merest ignorance to those who come after us.
I'm interested in astrology and astronomy.
[In high school] my interests outside my academic work were debating, tennis, and to a lesser extent, acting. I became intensely interested in astronomy and devoured the popular works of astronomers such as Sir and Sir , from which I learnt that a kn...
If a little kid ever asks you just why the sky is blue, you look him or her right in the eye and say, "It's because of quantum effects involving Rayleigh scattering combined with a lack of violet photon receptors in our retinae.
Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer.
This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords.
It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.
Medicine rests upon four pillars—philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics. The first pillar is the philosophical knowledge of earth and water; the second, astronomy, supplies its full understanding of that which is of fiery and airy nature; the t...
At night the sky is pure astronomy.
We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy.
The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.
Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.
Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles.
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.
I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.
I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first.
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.
In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy.
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.
