Clyde Tombaugh Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science.”

“When I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well.”

“I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it.”

“By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory.”

“I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course.”

“We were suddenly faced with the necessity of training a lot of young men in the art of navigation.”

“I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in my lifetime what has happened. I knew it would happen some day, but it came along faster than I at first thought.”

“A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things.”

“I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig steam engine and I loved the machinery.”

“I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.”