With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster 13 in the constellation Hercules, and still there are some misfits who continue to insist that there is no such thing as progress.

Quote by Ransom K Ferm

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.

The world is my country, science is my religion.

The world is my country, science is my religion.

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...

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

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

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...

A star shines on the hour of our meeting.

A star shines on the hour of our meeting.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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