I used to measure the skies, now I measure the shadows of Earth.Although my mind was sky-bound, the shadow of my body lies

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses.

Science is the process of thinking God's thoughts after Him.

Where there is matter, there is geometry.

Why are things as they are and not otherwise?

Geometry is the archetype of the beauty of the world.

Once miracles are admitted, every scientific explanation is out of the question.

I had the intention of becoming a theologian...but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy, for 'the heavens declare the glory of God.'

Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it befits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God.

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

My greatest desire is that I may perceive the God whom I find everywhere in the external world, in like manner also within and inside myself.

You have to believe. Otherwise, it will never happen.

When you snatch happiness in little bits, fits and starts, and lose it, like me, you become coarse, little by little, you become hateful.

Every man over 40 should have a PSA test each year.

Differences can be a strength.

I learned working with the negatives could make for better pictures

I liked the more sophisticated urban style of blues like Ray Charles and B. B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Lou Rawls; people like that with more of a tendency toward jazz.

Let's cool it brothers . . . Spoken to his assassins, three men who stabbed him 16 times.

There was no business plan, no model. It was just guts.

When I ponder my mind I consistently find It is glued On food.

The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.