#astronomy

Similarly, many a young man, hearing for the first time of the refraction of stellar light, has thought that doubt was cast on the whole of astronomy, whereas nothing is required but an easily effected and unimportant correction to put everything right again. ↗

— Ernst Mach

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You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination. ↗

— Maimonides

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

— Brian May

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I love biomedical science, I love astronomy, and you can't really do much with those in a fantasy setting. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

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My only wish would be to have 10 more lives to live on this planet. If that were possible, I'd spend one lifetime each in embryology, genetics, physics, astronomy and geology. The other lifetimes would be as a pianist, backwoodsman, tennis player, or writer for the 'National Geographic.' ↗

— Joseph Murray

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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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We are probably nearing the limit of all we can know about astronomy. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

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Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another. ↗

— Plato

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It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other. ↗

— Plato

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My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term 'magnitude,' which is used for the brightness of a star. ↗