Observation always involves theory.

We do not know why we are born into the world, but we can try to find out what sort of a world it is - at least in its physical aspects.

All nature is a vast symbolism: Every material fact has sheathed within it a spiritual truth.

Past time is finite, future time is infinite.

The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons.

The universe is unfolding as it should.

I knew that even if I were second or third rate, it was astronomy that mattered.

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

Not until the empirical resources are exhausted, need we pass on to the dreamy realms of speculation.

Wisdom cannot be directly transmitted, and does not readily accumulate through the ages.

The great spirals, with their enormous radial velocities and insensible proper motions, apparently lie outside our Solar system.

What did I want? I wanted the war to be over so I could ask her out.

In my opinion, kissing a lady's hand is a fine tradition. After all, a man must start somewhere.

Los Angeles: nineteen suburbs in search of a metropolis.

A small part of her secretly hoped she caught him in bed. But that really was a very small part. The bigger part hoped he was in the shower.

I grew up watching all the great Disney animated films and to be able to carry that torch and know that I'm contributing to the same magic and wonder for a whole new generation is a great thing.

I can't confirm any rumors. I'm happy doing what I'm doing. I have no interest in going back to coaching.

Nothing in life has happened to you. It's happened for you. Every disappointment. Every wrong. Even every closed door has helped make you into who you are.

God created astrologers to make pollsters look accurate.

The difference between mercy and grace? Mercy gave the prodigal son a second chance. Grace gave him a feast.

Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.