Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the prospect is staggering!

Quote by CClarke

Topics: Astronomy Quotes

We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

We have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

A star shines on the hour of our meeting.

A star shines on the hour of our meeting.

We live in a changing universe and few things are changing faster than our conception...

We live in a changing universe and few things are changing faster than our conception...

It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.

It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.

With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster...

With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster...

Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when...

Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when...

God is infinite, so His universe must be too. Thus is the excellence of God...

God is infinite, so His universe must be too. Thus is the excellence of God...

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision...

For I dipped into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the vision...

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

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

That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone...

That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone...

Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me...

Physicists and astronomers see their own implications in the world being round, but to me...

The world is my country, science is my religion.

The world is my country, science is my religion.

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise...

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise...

In Earth, among millions of lineages or organisms and perhaps 50 billion speciation events, only...

In Earth, among millions of lineages or organisms and perhaps 50 billion speciation events, only...