#bse

The reports of the eclipse parties not only described the scientific observations in great detail, but also the travels and experiences, and were sometimes marked by a piquancy not common in official documents. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#common #described #detail #documents #eclipse

The result was that, if it happened to clear off after a cloudy evening, I frequently arose from my bed at any hour of the night or morning and walked two miles to the observatory to make some observation included in the programme. ↗

— Simon Newcomb

#any #arose #bed #clear #cloudy

Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end. ↗

— John Newton

#am #begin #content #end #escape

I am heat obsessed. I crave the heat in my bedroom. ↗

— Cynthia Nixon

#bedroom #crave #heat #i #i am

We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body. ↗

— Larry Norman

#committed #fellowship #need #our #soul

If a poet is anybody, he is somebody to whom things made matter very little - somebody who is obsessed by Making. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#little #made #making #matter #obsessed

So, through all that early professional career I would occasionally do a musical, a pantomime or a play with songs. The next stop would be a Shakespeare, or an Ibsen, or a play by a brand new writer who had never done anything in the theater before. ↗

— Trevor Nunn

#before #brand #brand new #career #done

When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It's like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then? ↗

— Bill Nye

#earth #fiction #images #like #mars

I am obsessive, also I am industrious. Besides, the time when you are most alive and most aware is in childhood and one is trying to recapture that heightened awareness. ↗

— Edna O'Brien

#also #am #aware #awareness #besides

I am an obsessive garage cleaner - my wife and the neighbors make fun of me. I remember that my father was the same way, and now when I'm out there unearthing things in the garage, I realize I am becoming my dad! ↗

— Chris O'Donnell

#becoming #cleaner #dad #father #fun