Quotes by Astronomers OBSERVATORY, n. A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors. Ambrose Bierce conjecture astronomers science Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer Brian May astronomers astronomy fun Few sights in science are sadder than astronomers standing in the rain. Dennis Overbye astronomers sight rain An undevout astronomer is mad. Edward Young astronomers mad Astronomers are spherical bastards. No matter how you look at them they are just bastards. Fritz Zwicky astronomers matter looks Scriptures were written, not to satisfy our curiosity and make us astronomers, but to lead us to God, and make us saints. Matthew Henry astronomers scripture saint 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 astronomers study stars For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study. Nicolaus Copernicus astronomers study experts Astronomy is written for astronomers Nicolaus Copernicus astronomers astronomy written If I didnt choose art, I would have become an astronomer. Peter Max astronomers ifs art I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer. Philip Emeagwali astronomers mathematician physicist Said about Napier's logarithms: . . . by shortening the labors doubled the life of the astronomer. Pierre-Simon Laplace astronomers said life As an astronomer in the true sense of the term, Sir John Herschel stood before all his contemporaries. Nay, he stood almost alone. Richard A. Proctor astronomers term As a confirmed astronomer Robert Frost astronomers sky Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators Saul Perlmutter astronomers able fundamentals An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services Tycho Brahe astronomers ignorant expected We became astronomers thinking we were studying the universe, and now we learn that we are just studying the 5 or 10 percent that is luminous. Vera Rubin astronomers study thinking The undevout astronomer must be mad. William Herschel astronomers mad