--- title: "7 Fact Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson" description: "7 Fact quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Plus more from Neil deGrasse Tyson and more Fact sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_the-theory-of-evolution-like-the-theory_604002.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) > [People credit me for making the universe interesting when in fact the universe is inherently interesting, and I'm merely revealing that fact.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/people-credit-me-for-making-the-universe-interesting-when-in-fact-the/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c33/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_anything_people-credit-me-for-making-the-universe_1249384.png) > [Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/humans-aren-t-as-good-as-we-should-be-in-our-capacity-to-empathize/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/256/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_animals_humans-aren-t-as-good-as-we-should-be-in_1412495.png) > [You have people who believe they are scientifically literate but, in fact, are not. And I don't mind if you're not scientifically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/you-have-people-who-believe-they-are-scientifically-literate-but-in/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_admit_you-have-people-who-believe-they-are-sci_1445897.png) > [My parents didn't know much science; in fact, they didn't know science at all. But they could recognize a science book when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/my-parents-didn-t-know-much-science-in-fact-they-didn-t-know-science/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_any_my-parents-didn-t-know-much-science-in-f_1576520.jpg) > [One of the symptoms of an absence of innovation is the fact that you lose your jobs. Everyone else catches up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/one-of-the-symptoms-of-an-absence-of-innovation-is-the-fact-that-you/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_absence_one-of-the-symptoms-of-an-absence-of-inn_1924097.png) > [I'm constantly claimed by atheists. I find this intriguing. In fact, on my Wiki page - I didn't create the Wiki page,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-m-constantly-claimed-by-atheists-i-find-this-intriguing-in-fact-on/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fd/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_about_i-m-constantly-claimed-by-atheists-i-fin_2368092.png) ## Other authors on Fact ## 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/fact/neil-degrasse-tyson/#itemlist", "name": "7 Fact Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil deGrasse Tyson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-theory-of-evolution-like-the-theory-of-gravity-is-a-scientific/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_the-theory-of-evolution-like-the-theory_604002.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_the-theory-of-evolution-like-the-theory_604002.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_biology_the-theory-of-evolution-like-the-theory_604002.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People credit me for making the universe interesting when in fact the universe is inherently interesting, and I'm merely revealing that fact. 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