Positive Astronomy Quotes & Sayings

So many shows don't have laugh tracks now that, when you hear it, it can be slightly jarring. — Casey Wilson

In my investigation in the service of the god I found that those who had the highest reputation were nearly the most deficient, while those who were thought to be inferior were more knowledgeable. — Socrates

An enlightened person raises the level of the consciousness of the entire community. — Phyllis Theroux

Science is the one human activity that is truly progressive. The body of positive knowledge is transmitted from generation to generation. — Edwin Powell Hubble

My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers. — James D. Watson

We want union with something, even if the opposite seems true. Bring two atomic nuclei together and their positive electrostatic forces will repel each other, but, with the patience and strength of the blind god of the galaxies, there comes a point where something bigger takes over and welds them together. Physicists call it the Strong Nuclear Force; I've called this magic glue God. All the elements heavier than hydrogen were so formed, forged in the great hearts of the stars: sulphur, potassium, gold, radium. Everything you can think of. — Sean J Halford

The impact of the Yemeni manuscripts is still to be felt. Their variant readings and verse orders are all very significant. Everybody agrees on that. These manuscripts say that the early history of the Koranic texts is much more of an open question than many have suspected: the text was less stable, and therefore had less authority, than has always been claimed. — Andrew Rippin

Iran's population tends to be fairly well educated, with a literacy rate of 77 percent. — Cyrus Farivar

That was what living a serious life meant, wasn't it, honoring the gravity of things by not pretending they were light? — Howard Jacobson

Religionists are clinging to little, positive, verbal, formal versions of the moral law ... while the laws of the Law, the great circling truths whose only adequate symbol is the material laws, the astronomy etc. are all unobserved, and sneered at when spoken of. — Ralph Waldo Emerson