Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
There's an old saying in the space community: 'If God wanted us to be a spacefaring species, he would have given us… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Science is a cooperative enterprise spanning the generations. It's the passing of a torch from teacher to student to teacher. A community… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
There's a saying in the scientific community, that every great truth goes through three phases. First, people deny it. Second, they say… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“To govern a society shared by people of emotion, people of reason, and everybody in between—as well as people who think their… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The greatest of people in society carve niches that represent the unique expression of their combinations of talents. If everyone had the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I've spent quality time in the aerospace community, with my service on two presidential commissions, but at heart, I'm an academic. Being… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Astronomers do not commonly use Venereal, in favor of the less contagious-sounding Venutian. Blame the medical community, who snatched the word long… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Once you have an innovation culture, even those who are not scientists or engineers - poets, actors, journalists - they, as communities,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Not enough of our society is trained how to understand and interpret quantitative information. This activity is a centerpiece of science literacy… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
That is a cosmic perspective, that's correct. And in tandem with that, you will never find people who truly grasp the cosmic… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Does it mean, if you don't understand something, and the community of physicists don't understand it, that means God did it? Is… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I don't have an issue with what you do in the church but I'm going to be up in your face if… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Quantum physics fluctuates all the time. But now the fluctuations are not just particles coming into and out of existence, which happens all the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves ignorant of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you seek only easy problems to solve, then ultimately, there'll be nothing about you to distinguish yourself from others. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
New generations of humans inherit the acquired discoveries of generations past, allowing cosmic insight to accumulate without limit. Each discovery of science therefore adds… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
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… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
![“Does it mean, if you don't understand something, and the community of physicists don't understand it, that means God did it? Is that how you want to play this game? Because if it is, here's a list of things in the past that the physicists at the time didn't understand [and now we do understand]…” quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1b6/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_ass_does-it-mean-if-you-don-t-understand-som_2207378.jpg)
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