“I have a lot of sympathy for young people because I realize how disturbed I was. How would I deal with life in the future? What would I do for a living?”

Clyde Tombaugh

“I realized that I would have some very tough sledding, and I was very discouraged because I didn't see much hope of getting into the field I wanted to get into with no college education.”

Clyde Tombaugh

“It was depressing, very depressing. I worried about how I would make a living. I didn't want to stay on the farm. It didn't offer the challenge I wanted and yet, without a college education, I felt th...”

Clyde Tombaugh

“I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you...”

Clyde Tombaugh

“That's the way I got along in life. I don't ever remember being particularly jealous of anybody, because I figured if I can't do it myself, I don't deserve to get it.”

Clyde Tombaugh