Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? well I did. — Clyde Tombaugh
I guess they just took it for granted that that was what I was interested in and let nature take its course. — Clyde Tombaugh
That’s the way I got along in life. I don’t ever remember being particularly jealous of — Clyde Tombaugh
The planets are never the same twice, they’re always different, so they could compare — Clyde Tombaugh
I was interested in telescopes and the way they worked because I had an intense desire — Clyde Tombaugh
I thought I’d better check this third plate, which is another date, see if there’s an image — Clyde Tombaugh
I used to believe there were people on mars, and of course now we know there aren’t. — Clyde Tombaugh
I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because — Clyde Tombaugh
How does a pansy, for example, select the ingredients from soil to get the right colors — Clyde Tombaugh
Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful. — Clyde Tombaugh
By the time I was in sixth grade I could bound every country in the world from memory. — Clyde Tombaugh
A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat — Clyde Tombaugh
You have to compete with others in the field. Sometimes the competition gets pretty fierce — Clyde Tombaugh
You wonder about it and wonder how will I make an instrument that can handle this kind of a problem. — Clyde Tombaugh
When I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well. — Clyde Tombaugh
