Edmond Halley Quotes

Aristotle's opinion... that comets were nothing else than sublunary vapors or airy meteors... prevailed so far amongst the Greeks, that this sublimest part of astronomy lay altogether neglected; since none could think it worthwhile to observe, and to give an account of the wandering and uncertain paths of vapours floating in the Ether.

Edmond Halley

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• I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.

  

  Dan Pfeiffer
  • Think
  • Opinion
  • Washington

• Syrian influence has not ended yet. It is going to be a very long path.

  

  Walid Jumblatt
  • Long
  • Path
  • Influence

• I've learnt some important lessons: I never rely on the opinion of one doctor alone. I do my own research; I read up and am ready with questions I need answered.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Up
  • Important
  • Alone

• I totally disagree with the premise that al Qaeda is on the path to defeat. Quite the contrary, al Qaeda has deliberately decentralized its operations - not because of the relentless attacks we have had on its national leadership in Pakistan, but because its strategic objective is to dominate and control Muslim countries in the region.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Control
  • Path
  • Leadership

• I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.

  

  Harold H. Greene
  • Want
  • Opinion
  • Outside

• I never really felt I had the same respect as my male team-mates. My opinion wasn't worth as much. I used to sit quietly in meetings and not say anything, as I knew my opinions would be disregarded. And that's after I had become Olympic champion and multiple world champion.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • World
  • Team
  • Respect

• I used to write a monthly column for the 'New York Times' syndicate. But I stopped because I found it really hard to have one extreme opinion a month. I don't know how these columnists have two or three ideas a week; I was having difficulty having 12 things to say a year.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Ideas
  • Opinion
  • New York

• After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that.

  

  Dan Castellaneta
  • Opinion
  • Learn
  • Doing

• I don't want to be alone at 80 years old, dripping in diamonds - having never helped anyone. That's not my path. That's not what I care about. That's not what excites me.

  

  Kat Graham
  • Alone
  • Path
  • Diamonds

• I think music, in my opinion, is not about motivation in the way it's - it's not a running base. It's art. And my whole philosophy of music is different. It's almost like cooking and serving to people, seeing them smile and enjoying the food, really.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • People
  • Music
  • Different

• It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.

  

  Walter Benjamin
  • Purpose
  • Opinion
  • Attitude

• Facts cannot be replaced by opinion.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Opinion
  • Facts
  • Cannot

• I learned early on – I can go to a shoot, and they will put anything they want to put on me, and I'll look like an idiot because I didn't say I don't like it. It's OK to have an opinion.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • Want
  • Opinion
  • Learned

• Generally, I'm not writing about genomes or anything like that. But people underestimate the creativity you use in science and the rigor you need in music. They basically have the same path.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
  • People
  • Music
  • Writing

• 'Look here, old sport, ... what's your opinion of me, anyhow?' A little overwhelmed, I began the generalized evasions which that question deserves.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Question
  • Opinion

• These voices blame the Middle East's only democracy for the region's extremism. They offer the false promise that abandoning a stalwart ally is somehow the path to strength. It is not, it never has been, and it never will be.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Democracy
  • Path
  • Promise

• I speak what appears to me the general opinion; and where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

  

  Jane Austen
  • Opinion

• We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.

  

  Ai Weiwei
  • Opinion

• I think our path to the Olympics is a good metaphor for how you build a company. Our skill and commitment grew over time, day by day, stroke by stroke. So, sports are tied well with our entrepreneurial pursuits because you train for a few years, but there is no guarantee that you will succeed.

  

  Tyler Winklevoss
  • Time
  • Good
  • Sports

• For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.

  

  Plutarch
  • Men
  • Opinion
  • Wise

• Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this.

  

  Confucius
  • Mistake
  • Fault
  • Remove

• People come to me with their heads held high and announce that they do not eat sugar anymore, as though they have tackled one of life's deadly sins. My response is to ask them how long they have had this problem and if they have considered seeing a psychiatrist.

  

  Emily Luchetti
  • Problem
  • Sins
  • Psychiatrist

• My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities.

  

  Camryn Manheim
  • Parents
  • Always
  • Embarrassed

• Aristotle's opinion... that comets were nothing else than sublunary vapors or airy meteors... prevailed so far amongst the Greeks, that this sublimest part of astronomy lay altogether neglected; since none could think it worthwhile to observe, and to give an account of the wandering and uncertain paths of vapours floating in the Ether.

  

  Edmond Halley
  • Opinion
  • Path
  • Greek