Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Neil DeGrasse Tyson Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Neil DeGrasse Tyson on Wise Famous Quotes.
If Pizza sizes were given in area not diameter, you'd see instantly that a 7 inch is less than half the size of a 10 inch pie
When I shop for fruit & melons I like to hold a grape next to a cantaloupe & think of Earth next to Jupiter. Then I eat Earth.
We live on this speck called Earth - think about what you might do, today or tomorrow - and make the most of it.
There is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.
To learn that it's easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself.
Science needs the light of free expression to flourish. It depends on the fearless questioning of authority, and the open exchange of ideas.
The good thing about the laws of physics is that they require no law enforcement agencies to maintain them
Adults, who outnumber kids four or five to one, are in charge. We wield the resources, run the world, and completely thwart kids' creativity.
One of the most significant events in our distant past is still perhaps the greatest mystery: the origins of life itself.
Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical.
The limits on your enlightenment come not from the age you stopped going to school but from the age you stopped being curious.
Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.
The supermoon is a 16-inch pizza compared with a 15-inch pizza. It's a slightly bigger moon; I ain't using the adjective 'supermoon.'
Merlin prefers to think of space as the regions between all the particles of all the atoms of the universe.
Gamma rays are the sort of radiation you should avoid. Want proof? Just remember how the comic strip character "The Hulk" became big, green, and ugly.
The humblest person in this world is the astrophysicist. Because we are face to face with our ignorance every single day.
The less evidence we have for what we believe is certain, the more violently we defend beliefs against those who don't agree.
People who are scientists today are scientists in spite of the system, typically, not because of it.
It's the great tragedy - people employed in ways that don't fully tap everything they do best in life.
Before we start talking about genetic differences, you gotta come up with a system where there's equal opportunity,
All the traditional STEM fields, the science, technology, engineering, and math fields, are stoked when you dream big in an agency such as NASA.
I was born the same week NASA was founded, so we're the same age and feel some of the same pains, joys, and frustrations.
I'm often asked whether I believe in Global Warming. I now just reply with the question: "Do you believe in Gravity?"
God displayed a sense of humor when he configured the region between our legs an entertainment complex built around a sewage system.
Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian.
It may be that our cosmic curiosity ... is a genetically-encoded force that we illuminate when we look up and wonder.
If you're scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you, and that understanding empowers you.
On Venus you could cook a 16-inch pepperoni pizza in seven seconds, just by holding it out to the air. (Yes, I did the math.)
Curiously, light-loving green plants reject the Sun's green light, reflecting it back at you, which is why they look green.
Society needs to see science not as a luxury of funding but as a fundamental activity that drives enlightenment, economics, and security.
Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine
The day we stop exploring is the day we commit ourselves to live in a stagnant world, devoid of curiosity, empty of dreams.
When students cheat on exams it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
I have yet to see a successful prediction about the physical world that was inferred or extrapolated from the content of any religions document.
Scientific literacy is an intellectual vaccine against the claims of charlatans who would exploit ignorance
Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."
The Big Bang Theory: When geeky scientists can be main characters in a hit prime time series, you know there's hope for the world.
I don't want to die ... I don't want to die poor. Two great motivators in the history of human cultures.
Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand
Perhaps we've never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon Earth and decided there's no sign of intelligent life.
The power and beauty of physical laws is that they apply everywhere, whether or not you choose to believe in them.
Photons are accurately and legitimately described as waves and particles at the same time. They are genuine wavicles.
Let there be no doubt that as they are currently practiced, there is no common ground between science and religion.
Would a NASA reality show "Lunar Shore" be more popular than "Jersey Shore?" Civilization's future depends on that answer.
And behold the greatest mystery of them all: an unopened can of diet Pepsi floats in water while an unopened can of regular Pepsi sinks.
I fear living a life where I could have accomplished something and didn't. That's what I fear. I don't fear death.
Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.
America 2012: The Learning Channel has HoneyBooBoo, History Channel has PawnStars: and the Science Channel has PumpkinChunkin