--- title: "19 Biology Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson" description: "19 Biology quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Plus more from Neil deGrasse Tyson and more Biology sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_the-discovery-of-any-kind-of-life-in-spa_2766787.png" --- > [ The discovery of any kind of life \[in Space\] at all would be a tremendous watershed moment in biology, as well as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-discovery-of-any-kind-of-life-in-space-at-all-would-be-a/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_the-discovery-of-any-kind-of-life-in-spa_2766787.png) > [Relativity. Gravity. Quantum. Electrodynamics. Evolution. Each of these theories is true, whether or not you believe in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/relativity-gravity-quantum-electrodynamics-evolution-each-of-these/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/020/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_atheism_relativity-gravity-quantum-electrodynami_2846733.png) > [There is no true understanding of Biology without Chemistry. And there's no true understanding of Chemistry without Physics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/there-is-no-true-understanding-of-biology-without-chemistry-and-there/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab1/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_there-is-no-true-understanding-of-biolog_2112597.png) > [Before we start talking about genetic differences, you gotta come up with a system where there's equal opportunity,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/before-we-start-talking-about-genetic-differences-you-gotta-come-up/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/410/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_before-we-start-talking-about-genetic-di_1470563.png) > [The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-theory-of-evolution-like-the-theory-of-gravity-is-a-scientific/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_the-theory-of-evolution-like-the-theory_604002.png) > [“Every living thing is a masterpiece, written by nature and edited by evolution.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/every-living-thing-is-a-masterpiece-written-by-nature-and-edited-by/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/978/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_every-living-thing-is-a-masterpiece-writ_936794.png) > [If there were biologists among the extremophiles organisms that live in extreme conditions, they would surely classify themselves as normal and any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/if-there-were-biologists-among-the-extremophiles-organisms-that-live/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d9/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biologist_if-there-were-biologists-among-the-extre_984122.png) > [I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-try-to-show-the-public-that-chemistry-biology-physics-astrophysics/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_astrophysics_i-try-to-show-the-public-that-chemistry_748801.png) > [Carl Sagan spoke fluently between biology and geology and astrophysics and physics. If you move fluently across those boundaries, you realize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/carl-sagan-spoke-fluently-between-biology-and-geology-and/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2d/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_across_carl-sagan-spoke-fluently-between-biolog_764326.png) > [“…I learned in biology class that more bacteria live and work in one centimeter of my colon, than the number of people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-learned-in-biology-class-that-more-bacteria-live-and-work-in-one/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b5/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_bacteria_i-learned-in-biology-class-that-more-bac_3098722.png) > [“These early, single-celled organisms unwittingly transformed Earth’s carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere into one with sufficient oxygen to allow aerobic organisms to emerge and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/these-early-single-celled-organisms-unwittingly-transformed-earth-s/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_astrophysics_these-early-single-celled-organisms-unwi_2211054.png) > [Where there's water on Earth, you find life as we know it. So if you find water somewhere else, it becomes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/where-there-s-water-on-earth-you-find-life-as-we-know-it-so-if-you/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_where-there-s-water-on-earth-you-find-li_1569481.png) > [“The cosmic perspective not only embraces our genetic kinship with all life on Earth but also values our chemical kinship with any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-cosmic-perspective-not-only-embraces-our-genetic-kinship-with-all/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be7/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_astronomy_the-cosmic-perspective-not-only-embraces_2614896.png) > [Darwin's theory of evolution is a framework by which we understand the diversity of life on Earth. But there is no equation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/darwin-s-theory-of-evolution-is-a-framework-by-which-we-understand/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_darwin-s-theory-of-evolution-is-a-framew_1908087.png) > [Everything we do understand about the universe - the periodic table of elements, Einstein's laws, Newton's laws, all of chemistry, all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/everything-we-do-understand-about-the-universe-the-periodic-table-of/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_everything-we-do-understand-about-the-un_3166542.jpg) > [We only recently figured out the origin of our own moon. And we have some idea of how the Sun and Earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/we-only-recently-figured-out-the-origin-of-our-own-moon-and-we-have/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_we-only-recently-figured-out-the-origin_2882034.jpg) > [Some claim evolution is just a theory. As if it were merely an opinion. The theory of evolution, like the theory of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/some-claim-evolution-is-just-a-theory-as-if-it-were-merely-an-opinion/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_accepting_some-claim-evolution-is-just-a-theory-as_2790026.png) > [“The gravitational waves of the first detection were generated by a collision of black holes in a galaxy 1.3 billion light-years away,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-gravitational-waves-of-the-first-detection-were-generated-by-a/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_art-and-science_the-gravitational-waves-of-the-first-det_3069048.jpg) > [“A modern example of this stunning knowledge of nature that Einstein has gifted us, comes from 2016, when gravitational waves were discovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/a-modern-example-of-this-stunning-knowledge-of-nature-that-einstein/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_art-and-science_a-modern-example-of-this-stunning-knowle_1630567.png) ## Other authors on Biology - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-dawkins-78503.jpg) Richard Dawkins 67 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/richard-dawkins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-jay-gould-87041.jpg) Stephen Jay Gould 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/stephen-jay-gould/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-e-o-wilson-31102.jpg) E. O. Wilson 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/e-o-wilson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-yuval-noah-harari-100.jpg) Yuval Noah Harari 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/yuval-noah-harari/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-siddhartha-mukherjee-85288.jpg) Siddhartha Mukherjee 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/siddhartha-mukherjee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-sagan-20994.jpg) Carl Sagan 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/carl-sagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin-75655.jpg) Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/pierre-teilhard-de-chardin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-frances-arnold-5774.jpg) Frances Arnold 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/frances-arnold/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-nye-18005.jpg) Bill Nye 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/bill-nye/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steven-pinker-87519.jpg) Steven Pinker 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/steven-pinker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ernst-mayr-33893.jpg) Ernst Mayr 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/ernst-mayr/) - [Elliott Sober 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/elliott-sober/) ## More by Neil deGrasse Tyson > [I don't want to go into space because of war. I think we would if it was triggered. If China said they want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-don-t-want-to-go-into-space-because-of-war-i-think-we-would-if-it/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [Quantum physics fluctuates all the time. But now the fluctuations are not just particles coming into and out of existence, which happens all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/quantum-physics-fluctuates-all-the-time-but-now-the-fluctuations-are/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/in-the-movie-the-stars-above-the-ship-bear-no-correspondence-to-any/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [The Pacific is the best toilet for satellites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-pacific-is-the-best-toilet-for-satellites/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/informed-ignorance-provides-the-natural-state-of-mind-for-research/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/if-you-seek-only-easy-problems-to-solve-then-ultimately-there-ll-be/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-caricature-of-science-is-that-we-hold-tight-to-the-theories-we/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [New generations of humans inherit the acquired discoveries of generations past, allowing cosmic insight to accumulate without limit. Each discovery of science therefore adds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/new-generations-of-humans-inherit-the-acquired-discoveries-of/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-ve-said-multiple-times-that-the-world-s-first-trillionaire-is-going/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [ They \[scientists of centuries past\] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/they-scientists-of-centuries-past-call-on-god-only-from-the-lonely/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/we-explore-our-environment-more-than-we-are-compelled-to-utter-poetry/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/you-can-t-have-people-making-decisions-about-the-future-of-the-world/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/science-surrounds-you-it-s-not-something-that-you-can-step-aside-step/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [The idea that God resides in the unknown is what philosophers call the God of the gaps. And we have this thing called science,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-idea-that-god-resides-in-the-unknown-is-what-philosophers-call/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/everybody-s-got-money-for-vacation-time-look-at-how-much-we-all-spend/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/neil-degrasse-tyson/#itemlist", "name": "19 Biology Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The discovery of any kind of life [in Space] at all would be a tremendous watershed moment in biology, as well as all of science.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil deGrasse Tyson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-discovery-of-any-kind-of-life-in-space-at-all-would-be-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_the-discovery-of-any-kind-of-life-in-spa_2766787.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_the-discovery-of-any-kind-of-life-in-spa_2766787.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_the-discovery-of-any-kind-of-life-in-spa_2766787.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The discovery of any kind of life [in Space] at all would be a tremendous watershed moment in biology, as…” — Neil deGrasse Tyson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Relativity. 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