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Aesthetic affront
Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles.
Richard Dawkins
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Astronomers agree
At night astronomers agree.
Matthew Prior
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Astronomy teaches men humility
Astronomy, as nothing else can do, teaches men humility.
Arthur C. Clarke
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Best at night
Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night.
Miles Kington, Welcome to Kington, 1989
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Correct use
Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.
Stephen Leacock
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It does at first appear
It does at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite than a farmer who in conducting his team.
Isaac D’Israeli
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Most people today still believe
Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
Hannes Alfven
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Much more fun
Astronomy’s much more fun when you’re not an astronomer.
Brian May
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We were wrong
Certainly the history of astronomy shows that every time we thought we were special, we were wrong.
Seth Shostak
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