Old Astronomer To His Pupil Quotes & Sayings

What I have dreamed in an hour is worth more than what you have done in four. — Lorenzo De' Medici

Artificial creatures date back to the ancient Chinese and Greeks. Renaissance automata were designed primarily to entertain, reflecting the value placed on leisure. — Ken Goldberg

Let me guess," Thorne said. "Breaking and entering?"
After a long silence of examining the retracting mechanism, the girl wrinkled her nose. "Two counts of treason, if you must know. And resisting arrest, and unlawful use of bioelectricity. Oh, and illegal immigration, but honestly, I think that's a little excessive. — Marissa Meyer

War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory. — Albert Pike

She became a frame for the picture that was her son and daughter. — Erica Bauermeister

No mourners. No funerals. Among them, it passed for 'good luck. — Leigh Bardugo

Ultimately what you do is secondary. But how you do it is primary. — Eckhart Tolle

The director of the [Grimm] pilot called me in. I had worked on a pilot called Love Bites with him, and the producers I worked on with on Hot In Cleveland, so they knew me from comedic worlds, and they wanted someone who could be light too. Because it is pretty heavy. — David Giuntoli

When I was a girl, my life was music that was always getting louder. Everything moved me. A dog following a stranger. That made me feel so much. — Jonathan Safran Foer

If I were asked to name the chief event in my life, I should say my father's library, — Jorge Luis Borges

I really want to be a rock star. — Mario Batali

In spring when maple buds are red,
We turn the clock an hour ahead;
Which means, each April that arrives,
We lose an hour out of our lives.
Who cares? When autumn birds in flocks
Fly southward, back we turn the clocks,
And so regain a lovely thing
That missing hour we lost in spring. — Phyllis McGinley