William Least Heat-Moon Quotes

The night sky in Egypt is a swirling mass of stars so bright and numerous the sky seems to tremble with the ice-blue weight of them.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.

Every star, whether it's Harrison Ford or Robert De Niro, is remembered by one film. Persis is a star in the sky - how can a star be forgotten when all you have to do is look up and see her?

Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them.

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

You can enjoy stargazing just by going out and learning a couple constellations with your kids.

When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.

To find a new star in the sky is pretty hard.

There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night.

By about age 12, I would prefer to stay up and watch the stars than go to sleep. I started learning. I started going to the library and reading. But it was initially just watching the stars from my bedroom that I really did. There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night.

Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer.

Everybody has busy lives, but you can tell people, 'Go outside and look at the night sky. We've been able to demonstrate that every star you see probably has a planet around it.'

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.

Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do.

During the winter my attention was attracted to the changes in the stars and planets in the sky.

But my most favourite pursuit, after my daily exertions at the Foundry, was Astronomy. There were frequently clear nights when the glorious objects in the Heavens were seen in most attractive beauty and brilliancy.

I like to consider myself a star - a star, that when you look in the sky, it's always there. And on a clear night... a shooting star comes by, and get a little thrill, and you make a little wish. You need both types of stars, the shooting and the constant stars. The heavens include them all.

And so we came forth, and once again beheld the stars.

I live out here in Malibu, where I can see the stars. So I want to get a really nice telescope so I can look at the stars a little bit more.

Who among us has never looked up into the heavens on a starlit night, lost in wonder at the vastness of space and the beauty of the stars?

One of the great things about stargazing is that it's immediately at hand for so many people. You know, you could get into scuba diving or bird watching, but the stars are always up there.

When I was a boy, the only thing which captivated me as much as music was the night sky.

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse.