Dianne Feinstein

We have no regulation of drones in the United States in their commercial use. You can see drones some day hovering over the homes of Hollywood luminaries, violating privacy. This question has to be addressed. And we need rules of operation on the border, by police, by commercial use, and also by military and intelligence use.

American Politician

Giovanni Ribisi

I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system. Yeah, it's had media exposure because certain luminaries do Scientology, but millions of people do it who are not celebrities. It's not a threat or some cult.

American Actor

Lidia Bastianich

In 1981, we opened Felidia, and the newspapers, the city papers, the big timers came, and I got invited on the 'Today Show' and so on. A lot of food luminaries would come to Felidia - Julia Child, James Beard, they all came.

American Chef

Robert J. Shiller

As far as I can find, almost no one in the profession - not even luminaries like John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, or Irving Fisher - made public statements anticipating the Great Depression.

American Economist

Graham Moore

I had been a lifelong Alan Turing obsessive. Among incredibly nerdy teenagers, without a lot of friends, Alan Turing was always this luminary figure we'd all look up to.

American Writer

Edmund Morgan

Throughout his long career, Washington earned the adulation not merely of ordinary people but of the other luminaries whom we now hail as 'founding fathers.

American Historian

Frank Deford

On Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., there are statues of five Confederate luminaries and then, incongruously in this company, one of Arthur Ashe.

John Cameron Mitchell

I guess historically, drag queens were imitating movie stars and luminaries. It's kind of nice to have a movie star imitating a drag queen.

Often used to describe renowned experts or pioneering figures in specific professional fields.

Specialized Fields

'Luminary' implies deep respect for the person's achievements or intellect, not just popularity.

Not Just Famous

Use 'luminary' to express admiration, indicating that the person is a source of inspiration to others.

High Esteem

Refers to natural, astronomical objects like stars that can shine independently.

Celestial Bodies

Symbolizes guidance or enlightenment, often used in philosophical or poetic contexts.

Symbolic Light

In this context, 'luminary' doesn't include artificial sources of light like lamps or LEDs.

Not Man-Made

 And you know what that means, of course. That means she takes the credit and then makes us come out here and do all the work. But I don't mind. Frankly, I'm kvelling just to be here with all the luminaries you have attending something like this, you know. Really, it's amazing.

One woman, eight...

 in the end specifically around an area called the Cradle of Humankind just outside of Johannesburg now this area is one of the most explored areas on planet Earth for early human fossils it was the first area explored in Africa in from 1935 onward luminaries like dart and