Bright star may refer to:
- Bright Star (film), 2009 feature about the life of poet John Keats
- "Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art", the sonnet from which the film takes its name
- Bright Star (radio), 1950s US drama series
- SS Bright Star, a Panamanian coaster
- Operation Bright Star, name given to a number of U.S. military operations
- Bright Star Wilderness, area in Kern County, California
- Bright Star Technology, multimedia company
- Bright Star Catalogue, astronomical catalogue
- Bright giant, a class of star
- BrightStar Gold Mine, a gold mine in Western Australia.
- List of brightest stars
Famous quotes containing the words bright and/or star:
“She speaks!
O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o’er my head,
As is a wingèd messenger of heaven ...”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
—Andrew Gordon, U.S. educator, critic. “The Inescapable Family in American Science Fiction and Fantasy Films,” Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 1992)