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Stars16 quotes
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. — Walt Whitman · 1855Thence we came forth to see the stars again. — Dante Alighieri · 1321We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. — Oscar Wilde · 1892Too low they build, who build beneath the stars. — Edward Young · 1745In our village, folk say God crumbles up the old moon into stars. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1962Night hath a thousand eyes. — John Lyly · 1600All 16 quotes →The night sky6 quotes
Thence we came forth to see the stars again. — Dante Alighieri · 1321In our village, folk say God crumbles up the old moon into stars. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1962The stars are a free show; it don’t cost anything to use your eyes. — George Orwell · 1933And still they were the same bright, patient stars. — John Keats · 1820Till clombe above the eastern bar
The horned Moon, with one bright star
Within the nether tip. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798I love this place at night. The stars...there's no right or wrong in them, they're just there. — Sgt. Elias · 1986Big vs. small2 quotes
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. — Walt Whitman · 1855I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars. — Arthur Eddington · 1926The moon2 quotes
In our village, folk say God crumbles up the old moon into stars. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1962Till clombe above the eastern bar
The horned Moon, with one bright star
Within the nether tip. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Astronomy1 quote
Till clombe above the eastern bar
The horned Moon, with one bright star
Within the nether tip. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798Atoms1 quote
I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars. — Arthur Eddington · 1926Creation of the world1 quote
When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee? — William Blake · 1794God's omniscience1 quote
He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. — Psalm 147:4 · 450 BCGrass1 quote
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. — Walt Whitman · 1855Light1 quote
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one. — F.W. Bourdillon · 1878Mornings1 quote
The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go, doesn't it? — Thornton Wilder · 1938Night and day1 quote
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one. — F.W. Bourdillon · 1878Physics1 quote
I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of the stars leads through the atom; and important knowledge of the atom has been reached through the stars. — Arthur Eddington · 1926Slowing down1 quote
If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently. — Bill Watterson · 1992The human condition1 quote
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. — Oscar Wilde · 1892The sun1 quote
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one. — F.W. Bourdillon · 1878Vietnam1 quote
I love this place at night. The stars...there's no right or wrong in them, they're just there. — Sgt. Elias · 1986