#astronomer

Astronomers are greatly disappointed when, having traveled halfway around the world to see an eclipse, clouds prevent a sight of it; and yet a sense of relief accompanies the disappointment. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#around #astronomers #clouds #disappointed #disappointment

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. ↗

— Dean Rusk

#asleep #astronomers #being #given #implications

The undevout astronomer must be mad. ↗

— William Herschel

#mad #must

My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued in parallel efforts and studies in these two areas. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#astronomer #become #child #dream #efforts

I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#become #i #mathematician #physicist #wanted

The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints. ↗

— Matthew Henry

#make #saints #scriptures #us #were

Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back. ↗

— Alan Shepard

#back #because #believe #contribute #fame

You know, there was a time, just before I started to study physical science, when astronomers thought that systems such as we have here in the solar system required a rare triple collision of stars. ↗

— Murray Gell-Mann

#before #collision #here #i #just

Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer. ↗

— Brian May

#astronomy #fun #more #much #you

Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators. ↗

— Saul Perlmutter

#ask #astronomers #fundamental #fundamental questions #ought