Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Simon Newcomb Astronomer

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Mar 12, 1835
  • Died: Jul 11, 1909

Simon Newcomb was a Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician. Though he had little conventional schooling, he made important contributions to timekeeping as well as writing on economics and statistics and authoring a science fiction novel.

My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men. fatherhood

My father followed, during most of his life, the precarious occupation of a country school teacher. teacher

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 other quotes from Robert Browning

22 other quotes from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 quotes from Honore de Balzac

53 quotes from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 sayings from Isadora Duncan

5 sayings from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher