Give a kid a book, and you change the world. In a way, even the universe. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It's part of our pop culture to give animals human personalities and talents. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two." — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If it's a new planet, sign me up. I'm tired of driving around the block, boldly going where hundreds have gone before… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
What I’m saying is, when different experiments give you the same result, it is no longer subject to your opinion. That’s the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Because we all just function, the rest of us, just go to work and come home; artists make life bearable. They give… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The press still thinks [global warming] is controversial. So they find the 1% of the scientists and put them up as if… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
You could be a poet, an artist, a comedian - if you're in the culture of innovation then you embrace those who… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Do you realize that the 850 billion dollar bank bailout, that sum of money is greater than the entire 50 year running… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Our entire universe emerged from a point smaller than a single atom. Space itself exploded in a cosmic fire, launching the expansion… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
So many people have that kind of attitude and approach to learning that it gives me great hope for the world. I… — 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