Can you imagine young people nowadays making a study of trigonometry for the fun of it? Well I did. – Clyde Tombaugh
A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isnt healthy either. So one has to work it out according to ones own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things. – Clyde Tombaugh
It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didnt want to stay on the farm. It didnt offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt that I was really out of luck. – Clyde Tombaugh
I think theres 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 dont have to think about it. – Clyde Tombaugh