Top Astronomy Quotes
In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy.
Martin Ryle
Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.
Stephen Leacock
This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords.
Edmond Halley
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.
Michael P. Anderson
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.
Octavia Butler
E. O. Wilson 
Edsger Dijkstra 
Stephen Leacock 
Simon Newcomb 
Frederick Reines 
James Nasmyth 
Rebecca West 
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In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy.
Martin Ryle 
63% of people like this quote
Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.
Stephen Leacock
58% of people like this quote
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.
Michael P. Anderson
57% of people like this quote
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.
Octavia Butler
57% of people like this quote
Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
Paracelsus
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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.
Nicolaus Copernicus
55% of people like this quote
My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude,' which is used for the brightness of a star.
Charles Francis Richter
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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.
James Nasmyth
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It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.
E. O. Wilson
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