Minor Planet Names

Famous quotes containing the words minor, planet and/or names:

    “Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Why should I feel lonely? is not our planet in the Milky Way?”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Holding myself the humblest of all whose names were before the convention, I feel in especial need of the assistance of all.”
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)