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141 Universe quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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A single DNA molecule contains as many atoms as the stars in a typical galaxy, showing how we are tiny universes. Tyson talks about constant quantum fluctuations that shape reality, and he reminds us that math is the language of the cosmos. He also imagines a future where the solar system feels like our shared backyard.

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I love the smell of the universe in the morning.

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“If the universe is anything, it should be fun.”

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This universe knows about me and my crops.

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How much would you pay...for the Universe?

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The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you

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“The universe is knowable...”

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Plenty of people get excited about the universe.

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We are in the universe and the universe is in us.

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My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.

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I don't see why there is no intelligent alien life in the universe.

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We're talking about a being whose very existence challenges our own sense of priority in the universe.

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“We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.”

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“We do not simply live in this universe. The universe lives within us. That”

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85 percent of the gravity of the universe has a point of origin about which we know nothing.

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

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“The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you. —NDT”

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Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to…

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Quantum physics fluctuates all the time. But now the fluctuations are not just particles coming into and out of existence, which happens…

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“I look forward to the day when the solar system becomes our collective backyard—explored not only with robots, but with the mind,…

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“Time to get cosmic. There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on any beach, more stars than seconds…

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When we try to look farther into the universe we come to what appears to be the end of space but actually…

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I wake up and I go to work. I don't look for the cup of coffee. The universe is enough of a…

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So what is true for life itself is no less true for the universe: knowing where you came from is no less…

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“Some people think emotionally more often than they think politically. Some think politically more often than they think rationally. Others never think…

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If God is the mystery of the universe, these mysteries, we're tackling these mysteries one by one. If you're going to stay…

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The universe is large and old, and the ingredients for life as we know it are everywhere, so there's no reason to…

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We account for all the matter and energy that we're familiar with, measure up how much gravity it should have, it's one-sixth…

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If you are that person, you are more likely to believe that God cured you, this invisible force, creator of the universe,…

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There are photons that have been traveling for 30,000 years, and I'm... snatching them from this journey and planting them into my…

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Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is one of 50 or 100 billion other galaxies in the universe. And with every step, every…

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I can tell you about the universe, but she feels it; and when you feel the universe, it has a whole other…

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We account for one-sixth of the forces of gravity we see in the universe. There is no known objects accounting for most…

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I have found that when calculating what no one has calculated before, like my observing sessions on the mountain, my mental acuity…

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“If humans one day become extinct from a catastrophic collision, there would be no greater tragedy in the history of life in…

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“In 2002, having spent more than three years in one residence for the first time in my life, I got called for…

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

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To assert that the universe has a purpose implies the universe has intent. And intent implies a desired outcome. But who would…

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Some molecules - ammonia, carbon dioxide, water - show up everywhere in the universe, whether life is present or not. But others…

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After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?

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In life and in the universe it's always best to keep looking up.

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If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others.

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New generations of humans inherit the acquired discoveries of generations past, allowing cosmic insight to accumulate without limit. Each discovery of science therefore adds…

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I've said multiple times that the world's first trillionaire is going to be the person who exploits the resources of asteroids, the natural resources…

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They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations,…

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We explore our environment, more than we are compelled to utter poetry, when we're toddlers. We start doing that later. Before that happens, every…

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You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't…

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Science surrounds you. It's not something that you can step aside, step over or push out of your way because you were never good…

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The idea that God resides in the unknown is what philosophers call the God of the gaps. And we have this thing called science,…

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Everybody's got money for vacation time. Look at how much we all spend just to get - well, I get sick on the loop-the-loop…

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