“Some of you are probably in fraternities or sororities, so you know how to speak Greek. You could practice your Greek here.”
“For some reason over the summer I became so interested in craters.”
” NGC1300 … it’s a very nice galaxy.”
“Astronomy is really the biggest science we could have, because the universe is big. It’s very complicated and brain intensive.”
“One kilogram. That’s not the real Mars, that’s just an example of this fantasy Milky Way.”
“You can be sure you have the Nobel Prize.”
“ESA, that’s like my big boss society….decided that Pluto is not a planet anymore, they did that. So…sorry.”
“That’s really a minus point in my syllabus.”
“8 AM. I thought ‘oh, at that time I will be awake but in the morning maybe I want to sleep a little bit more’.
“I thought about maybe having quizzes in class and homework at home. I do not know if this is possible—it probably is.”
“On every building on every corner you can see the honor code.”
“Yeah, Hitler was a much more big disaster.”
“You don’t have to listen, it’s only my personal interest.”
“I have to give you grades, I’m sorry. I hope you understand this.”
“Put away any cell phones, smart phones, futuristic other things…”
“When I am taking attendance, you should not pretend you are not a person.”