Hipparchus Astronomy Quotes & Sayings

Success for me means being able to work. I don't look at so much at what I've done as much as I look to what I will do. — Phylicia Rashad

Many years ago Wallander had learned that one of the manifold virtues a police officer must possess is the ability to be patient with himself. — Henning Mankell

She was the epitome of stately sorrow each time she smiled. — Joseph Heller

I have five television sets. (I like to think of them as a set of five televisions.) I have two DVR boxes, three DVD players, two VHS machines and four stereos. I have nineteen remote controls, mostly in one drawer. — Rick Moranis

No one can read the history of astronomy without perceiving that Copernicus, Newton, Laplace, are not new men, or a new kind of men, but that Thales, Anaximenes, Hipparchus, Empodocles, Aristorchus, Pythagorus, Oenipodes, had anticipated them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Serial murders are just the worst stories. It can take an emotional toll on you. — Bill James

If "socialism" is defined as "ownership of the means of production"
and this is both the orthodox and the only rigorous definition
then the United States is the first truly Socialist country. — Peter Drucker

A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit. — Criss Jami

I wasn't born a victim of life nor its slave. I just became a victim of circumstances at the mercy of the society. My thoughts had always been the same -- this world is a delusion of nightmare, a drama in which we are all eager for the finale. Just as my mother used to say, I am going where I belong; but I am going nowhere. — Hans Lindor

It is to these two discoveries by Bradley that we owe the exactness of modern astronomy ... This double service assures to their discoverer the most distinguished place (after Hipparchus and Kepler) above the greatest astronomers of all ages and all countries. — Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre

If you are uninterested in what I say, there's an end to it. If you like what I say, please try to understand which previous influences have made you like it. If you like some of the things I say, and dislike others, you could try to understand why. If you dislike all I say, why not try to find out what formed your attitude? — Idries Shah

For Pete's sake, Quinn, you should have seen him when I was pregnant. He practically set a peacock on fire for daring to walk across my path in the garden one day. — Alyssa Day