Edmond Halley Quotes

Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even this... will without much labour be effected.

Edmond Halley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 29, 1656 - January 14, 1742

Topics

TruthSunProblemEarthDistance

The Thames is liquid history.

John Burns

HistoryLiquidThames

Woz is living his own life now. He hasn't been around Apple for about five years. But what he did will go down in history.

Steve Jobs

LifeHistoryAppleDownGoLiving

Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.

Stephen King

GoodBookYouLessonBadTeach

I think I'm going to be a stuntwoman on the side.

Silvia Colloca

ThinkSideGoingI Think

My take on it, like a filmmaker or actor, is if you have much more colors within your creation, eventually people will appreciate what you're doing, and the other stuff is secondary, like critiques or even awards or anything else, as long as people enjoy it.

Tommy Wiseau

PeopleColorsAppreciateDoingEnjoy

The tradition you have at the University of Texas is like no other.

Roger Clemens

TexasTraditionYouUniversityLike

The Democrats cannot say that we stand with immigrants if that secretly means we only stand with immigrants in odd-numbered years or when southern Democrats complain.

Luis Gutierrez

StandImmigrantsSayYearsComplain

I am not a Christian because God changed my life; I am a Christian because of my convictions about who Jesus Christ is.

Josh McDowell

LifeGodI AmMy LifeChristian

Compassion is a call, a demand of nature, to relieve the unhappy as hunger is a natural call for food.

Joseph Butler

NatureFoodCompassionUnhappyCall

Think of how dark that Friday was when Christ was lifted up on the cross... It was a Friday filled with devastating, consuming sorrow that gnawed at the souls of those who loved and honored the Son of God.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

SonGodThinkLovedFridayDark

I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.

Dick Wolf

LoveBusinessPeopleChanceFail

The rise of Donald Trump has exposed a deep chasm in America between the haves and have-nots.

Anthony Scaramucci

DeepAmericaRiseDonald TrumpTrump

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