Quotes by Richard Green

“LBT pushes the state of the art in telescope performance, and it is a tremendous honor to be named the director. Im excited by the challenge of completing the ambitious vision and satisfying the partners scientific aspirations for this powerful, path-finding telescope.”

“[The astronomers credit Hubbles superb vision for finding the disk.] Only Hubble has the resolution in blue light to observe this disk, ... It is so small and so distinct from the surrounding red stars that we were able to use it to probe into the very dynamical heart of Andromeda. These observations were taken by the members of our team that built STIS. We designed its visible channel specifically to seize such an opportunity - to measure starlight closer to a black hole than in any other galaxy outside our own.”

“House prices in San Diego have risen much more rapidly then in the U.S.. But, I think we can explain housing prices in most places, and if theyre explainable that means we dont have a bubble.”

“If theyre (cities) desirable places to live, ... it can explain a sustained high house price for years to come.”

“Its not a course where you can string a lot of birdies together. You have to patient and post a score,”

“It will be really awesome if I could win in Qatar. I feel comfortable with my game and my putting is good. Ive to keep the bogeys off my card at the weekend, more even than birdies you make.”

“Players like Monty dont retreat, they are solid under pressure and dont try too hard to force things and wait for the birdies to come along,”

“It would be a huge weight off my shoulders to win, ... It took me a while to get that will to win back [after Dubai] and Ive just got to make sure it does not get in the way tomorrow.”

“Land use regulation does more to explain changes in prices across the country than any other phenomenon.”

“It was nice to get out there and shoot a good score and bring back all those memories of 97. It puts you in the right frame of mind for the week.”