I thought 'The Martians have arrived!', but then I realised that I was looking at pollen slightly out of focus. [On looking through his telescope]
Patrick Moore quote I'm only a four-dimensional creature. Haven't got a clue how to visualise infinity. Even Einstein hadn't. I know because I asked him.
Patrick Moore quote At my age I do what Mark Twain did. I get my daily paper, look at the obituaries page and if I'm not there I carry on as usual.
Patrick Moore quote The trouble is the BBC now is run by women and it shows soap operas, cooking, quizzes, kitchen-sink plays. You wouldn't have had that in the golden days
Patrick Moore quote I used to watch Doctor Who and Star Trek, but they went PC - making women commanders, that kind of thing. I stopped watching
Patrick Moore quote I would like to see two independent wavelengths - one controlled by women, and one for us, controlled by men
Patrick Moore quote Biography
Eccentric but endearing monocle-wearing astronomer, passionate presenter of the Sky at Night, the longest running TV show in existence