People Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

It's my duty to enlighten people.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

All the nine-planet people out there: Get over it. There's eight.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Plenty of people get excited about the universe.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

There's no shortage of people that we can put on, because science touches us all.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

We have people who believe they are scientifically literate but, in fact, are not.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

People who are scientists today are scientists in spite of the system, typically, not because of it.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

People generally don't recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I don't want people to say, 'Something is true because Tyson says it is true.' That's not critical thinking.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

For me, the most fascinating interface is Twitter. I have odd cosmic thoughts every day and I realized I could hold them…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

My popularity does not derive from me pandering to people. People came to me. I don't tell anyone to follow me on…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The people that first climbed Mt. Everest weren't scientists, right, they were adventurers. If you're an adventurer, you want to go yourself.…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Perhaps these ancient observatories like Stonehenge perennially impress modern people because modern people have no idea how the Sun, Moon, or stars…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I claim that space is part of our culture. You've heard complaints that nobody knows the names of the astronauts, that nobody…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The people talking on their cell phone and following GPS instructions to where grandma's house is saying I don't need space -…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I'm constantly claimed by atheists. I find this intriguing. In fact, on my Wiki page - I didn't create the Wiki page,…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I like to believe that science is becoming mainstream. It should have never been something that sort of geeky people do and…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I have a very high respect for professional comedians. What they do astonishes me. You have to be really smart and absorb…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

We should not be ashamed of not having answers to all questions yet...I'm perfectly happy staring somebody in the face saying, I…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I've always been interested in pop culture. Some of my colleagues think of pop culture as beneath them, or there's the ivory…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I suppose I can live with missing decimals, missing floors to tall buildings, and floors that are named instead of numbered. A…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

There are two kinds of comments that I get. One is, oh, you're such a natural up there, and the other one…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

When you visit countries that don't nurture these kinds of ambitions, you can feel th absence of hope...people are reduced to worrying…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Do you realize that the 850 billion dollar bank bailout, that sum of money is greater than the entire 50 year running…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“There’s a fascinating frailty of the human mind that psychologists know all about, called “argument from ignorance.” This is how it goes.…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Part of what it is to be scientifically-literate is how you think about information that's presented in front of you. I think…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

While the Copernican principle comes with no guarantees that it will forever guide us to cosmic truths, it's worked quite well so…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I study the universe. It's the second oldest profession. People have been looking up for a long time.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

No one is saying you're possessed by the devil anymore except the most ignorant of people in modern culture.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

It's the great tragedy - people employed in ways that don't fully tap everything they do best in life.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Does the full moon affect people's behavior, you ask? Yup. It makes people think the full moon affects people's behavior.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Odd how often blood is shed to obtain freedom from those in power. Oppressors must be the most insecure people in the…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I'd like to live in a world where people embrace objective truths rather than be offended by them.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

WhenIWasYourAge: People were never "living with their disease." We cured them. Or they died from it.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson