We know very little about the universe. I personally don’t believe it’s uniform and the same everywhere. That’s like saying the earth is flat. Vera Rubin Read Quote
I’m Jewish, and so religion, to me, is a kind of moral code and a kind of history. Vera Rubin Read Quote
My father was an electrical engineer. He’s presently 92 and still could be holding down a job. He had a very analytical way of looking at things, and I enjoyed that very much. I think that was a very large influence. Vera Rubin Read Quote
By about age 12, I would prefer to stay up and watch the stars than go to sleep. I started learning. I started going to the library and reading. But it was initially just watching the stars from my bedroom that I really did. There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night. Vera Rubin Read Quote
Does Sex Matter? Of course it does. But does it matter enough to Matter? That’s a different question. Vera Rubin Read Quote
I knew there was a school where women could study astronomy. So… it never occurred to me that I couldn’t be an astronomer. Vera Rubin Read Quote
There was just nothing as interesting in my life as watching the stars every night. Vera Rubin Read Quote
