"The crescent moon makes a nice pattern with Venus, Mars, and Saturn on Monday morning, March 28"

"You won't find any of this stuff published anywhere."

"Yes, they have seen the moon before, but now they can see the craters."

"It is rich, very rich, with stars and star clusters."

"May our galaxy wrap its arms around you. I bet no one had ever said that to you before. In fact, it is already doing that."

“This was a sweet spot for such discoveries: after many visual comet hunters left the field, and before the government-funded sky surveys took over.”

"In Messier's case it was known comets leading to new Messier Objects. Centuries later it was known Messier Objects leading to new comets."

"This is how the Massive Marathon was invented."

"I believe that moonlight is the real reason why Charles Messier missed M65 and M66."

"I would rather be sweeping than sleeping".