Time Quotes

We all get the same 24 hours. These quotes explore what we do with them and why it matters.

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"Light itself is a message from the ancient past, decoded by the present."
Henrietta Leavitt
"The universe is patient; those who study it must be equally patient."
Annie Jump Cannon
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"Time is merely another dimension we have yet to fully comprehend."
Fritz Zwicky
"Time spent in observation is time well invested in understanding reality."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"The light from distant stars teaches us that the past is always present in the universe."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
"The light of the stars is a reminder that what we see today is a reflection of the past; all observation is historical."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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"The light we see from distant galaxies has traveled through the ages to reach us."
Edwin Hubble
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"Time, as Einstein showed us, is far stranger than our everyday experience suggests."
Lisa Randall
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"In studying the heavens, we study the nature of time itself."
Harlow Shapley
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"Astronomical knowledge accumulates slowly, like starlight across light-years."
Harlow Shapley
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"Time itself had a beginning, and with that beginning came the possibility of creation."
George Lemaitre
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"The expansion of space is perhaps nature's greatest revelation about time and existence."
George Lemaitre
"The light we see is a journey through time itself."
Annie Jump Cannon
"To catalog stars is to write our generation's chapter in cosmic history."
Annie Jump Cannon
"The light from stars ancient reminds us that we see the past in the night sky."
Annie Jump Cannon
"Time is the dimension that gives meaning to all existence."
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
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"A single photon carries messages from galaxies billions of years old."
Fritz Zwicky
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"Every astronomical observation is a dialogue with the past."
Fritz Zwicky
"Time is the most mysterious dimension in the universe."
Brian Greene
"Time is not what we think it is."
Brian Greene
"Time is the dimension we understand the least."
Brian Greene
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"The further we look into space, the further we look back in time."
Edwin Hubble
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"We are temporary observers of an eternal cosmos."
Edwin Hubble
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"The universe was here before us and will remain after; we are transient witnesses."
Edwin Hubble
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"The expansion of the universe suggests a beginning and potentially an end."
Edwin Hubble
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"Light-years are not merely units of distance but gateways into cosmic history."
Edwin Hubble
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"Time itself has a beginning, just as the universe does."
George Lemaitre
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"In the grand scheme of cosmic time, human history is but a flicker of light."
George Lemaitre
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"The universe is not only older than you think; it is older than you can think."
George Lemaitre
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"The Big Bang was not a beginning in time, but the beginning of time itself."
George Lemaitre