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Clyde Tombaugh Quotes
Page 2 of 2Clyde Tombaugh
February 4, 1906 - January 17, 1997
Nationality: American
Category: Scientist
Subcategory: American Scientist
|  It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck. | | Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science. | | I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it. | | I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in my lifetime what has happened. I knew it would happen some day, but it came along faster than I at first thought. | | I have a lot of sympathy for young people because I realize how disturbed I was. How would I deal with life in the future? What would I do for a living? | | I shed many a tear when the steam engines went out of style on the railroads. I'd like to seem them come back, but I realize the diesels are more efficient. | | How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors for the flower? Now there's a great miracle. I think there's a supreme power behind all of this. I see it in nature. |
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