An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services

Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.

The mouse is wise, but the cat is wiser.

May I not seem to have lived in vain.

Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised by the authors to save the appearances, exist only in the imagination.

And when statesman or others worry [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions.

So mathematical truth prefers simple words since the language of truth is itself simple.

Behold, directly overhead, a certain strange star was suddenly seen . . . Amazed, and as if astonished and stupified, I stood still

When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such perplexity by the unbelievability of the thing that I began to doubt the faith of my own eyes.

There is something eccentric in the orbit of Mars.

It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus.

You might be able to kiss like a rock star, but you’ve got to get over this macho trip. You don’t own me.

That's like being a hockey player born on January I.

An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject and how to avoid them.

I never really wanted to write and wanted to focus on acting.

I did not design this game; I did not name the stakes. I just happen to like apples; and I am not afraid of snakes.

I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause.

We define ourselves by the best that is in us, not the worst that has been done to us.

As an actor, you most often play relatively average parts, so to get to play extreme versions of anything, those are the most exciting parts.

A grievance is a political action. It's not just African-Americans.

Photography allows you to learn to look and see. You begin to see things you'd never paid attention to.