Andrew Marvell Quotes

The sun and its retinue of planets drift as a group through the vast gulfs of space that separate the stars.

I'm working to bring celestial objects like the sun and moon into the spaces that we inhabit.

The sun is the primary puzzle in the universe.

We may have a tacit understanding of how our solar system works, but watching the sun disappear behind the moon reminds us of the vastness of space and the enduring mysteries of the universe we inhabit.

It shouldn't be so difficult to determine what a planet is. When you're watching a science fiction show like 'Star Trek' and they show up at some object in space and turn on the viewfinder, the audience and the people in the show know immediately whether it's a planet or a star or a comet or an asteroid.

I like the universe and nature. I am inspired a lot by the beauties of nature. I named myself as the sun because the sun is the brightest star from the incalculable stars in the universe.

The questions that we scientist have about Saturn's rings are the questions that an ordinary person might be moved to ask when first seeing them, you know. What caused them? How did they get there? How long have they been around? How long are they going to last?

What the deuce is it to me?" he interrupted impatiently: "you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.

I'd rather to make a good run as a bad stand.

The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.

Just begin and the mind grows heated; continue, and the task will be completed!

Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.

Have your dream...What you need now more than anything is discipline. Cast off mere words. Words turn into stone. (from Thailand)

It is one thing to see your road, another to cut it.

The Sun, the stars and the seasons as they pass, some can gaze upon these with no strain of fear.

How many years you have to keep on doing, until you know what to do and how to do!

A high-school girl, seated next to a famous astronomer at a dinner party, struck up a conversation with him by asking: "What do you do for a living?" "I study astronomy," he replied. "Really? said the teenager, wide-eyed. "I finished astronomy last year."

Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!

The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun.

Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.

One foot in front of the other. Repeat as often as necessary to finish.

Look at that! If you ever needed convincing that we live in the solar system, that we are on a ball of rock, orbiting around the Sun with other balls of rock, then look at that! That's the solar system coming down and grabbing you by the throat.

If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star.

I will persist. I will always take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.

But I guess you don't see the planets when you're staring at the sun. You just get blinded.