--- title: "5 Fuel Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson" description: "5 Fuel quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Plus more from Neil deGrasse Tyson and more Fuel sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_aliens_if-aliens-did-visit-us-i-d-be-embarrasse_379940.png" --- > [If aliens did visit us, I'd be embarrassed to tell them we still dig fossil fuels from the ground as a source…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/if-aliens-did-visit-us-i-d-be-embarrassed-to-tell-them-we-still-dig/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_aliens_if-aliens-did-visit-us-i-d-be-embarrasse_379940.png) > [Some molecules - ammonia, carbon dioxide, water - show up everywhere in the universe, whether life is present or not. But others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/some-molecules-ammonia-carbon-dioxide-water-show-up-everywhere-in-the/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c58/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_absence_some-molecules-ammonia-carbon-dioxide-wa_2880001.png) > [I want to create the airplane that flies in the rarified atmosphere of Mars. This is what galvanizes a generation to want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-want-to-create-the-airplane-that-flies-in-the-rarified-atmosphere/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36f/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_airplane_i-want-to-create-the-airplane-that-flies_2900050.jpg) > [To view space as, "Well, let's go to Mars now," or "Let's do this now," maybe we should rethink of space as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/to-view-space-as-well-let-s-go-to-mars-now-or-let-s-do-this-now-maybe/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_ambition_to-view-space-as-well-let-s-go-to-mars-n_3047212.jpg) > [Apart from the obvious advantages of having ice to melt, filter, then drink, you can also break apart the water's hydrogen from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/apart-from-the-obvious-advantages-of-having-ice-to-melt-filter-then/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_active_apart-from-the-obvious-advantages-of-hav_3060020.jpg) ## Other authors on Fuel ## 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/fuel/neil-degrasse-tyson/#itemlist", "name": "5 Fuel Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If aliens did visit us, I'd be embarrassed to tell them we still dig fossil fuels from the ground as a source of energy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil deGrasse Tyson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/if-aliens-did-visit-us-i-d-be-embarrassed-to-tell-them-we-still-dig/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_aliens_if-aliens-did-visit-us-i-d-be-embarrasse_379940.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_aliens_if-aliens-did-visit-us-i-d-be-embarrasse_379940.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_aliens_if-aliens-did-visit-us-i-d-be-embarrasse_379940.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If aliens did visit us, I'd be embarrassed to tell them we still dig fossil fuels from the ground as a…” — Neil deGrasse Tyson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some molecules - ammonia, carbon dioxide, water - show up everywhere in the universe, whether life is present or not. 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