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Astronomy Quotes - Page 3

The fool will upset the whole science of astronomy.

The fool will upset the whole science of astronomy.

Martin Luther
Upset, Fool, Astronomy

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

Ken MacLeod
Astronomy, Superstitious
"Learning the World". Book by Ken MacLeod, 2005.

A lot of work and money has been spent on astronomy and yet we have not found life. So we are rare, and rare things tend to be fragile and you have to be careful about them

John Gummer
Environment, Astronomy, Climate Change

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

Edsger Dijkstra
Telescopes, Computer, Astronomy

Looking back, it didn't even occur to me that model was a job. I wanted to go into astronomy or to be a lawyer, which is really funny because I would absolutely not be a lawyer in any way now. But I still like astronomy.

Crystal Renn
Lawyer, Astronomy, Looking Back
Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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

Cornelius Lanczos
Astronomy, Natural, Cradle
Cornelius Lanczos (1970). “Space through the ages: The evolution of geometrical ideas from Pythagoras to Hilbert and Einstein”

The Astronomer's Drinking Song Astronomers! What can avail Those who calumniate us; Experiment can never fail With such an apparatus.

Augustus De Morgan
Song, Drinking, Astronomy

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