Clyde Tombaugh
I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.
-Clyde Tombaugh
education
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.
-Clyde Tombaugh
education
I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything like that, I was just interested in the concepts involved.
-Clyde Tombaugh
famous
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?
-Clyde Tombaugh
future
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.
-Clyde Tombaugh
intelligence
That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.
-Clyde Tombaugh
jealousy
That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.
-Clyde Tombaugh
life
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.
-Clyde Tombaugh
nature
A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things.
-Clyde Tombaugh
science
Unfortunately, a lot of the concepts in the Bible are based on ancient mythology that doesn't fit the findings of science.
-Clyde Tombaugh
science
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?
-Clyde Tombaugh
sympathy
Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did.
-Clyde Tombaugh
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