Clerk Maxwell Telescope

Famous quotes containing the words clerk, maxwell and/or telescope:

    “A clerk ther was of Oxenford also
    That unto logyk hadde longe ygo.
    As leene was his hors as is a rake,
    And he nas nat right fat, I undertake,
    But looked holwe, and therto sobrely.”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “Poopsie, you’re just an eight-ball with hips.”
    —Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane (1905–1983)

    “The telescope at one end of his beat,
    And at the other end the microscope....”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)