If the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you're interested in something, that's all that matters. You'll spend more time doing it, that than anything else, and possibly more… — 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
I didn't even know there were stars to look at to not see. If you don't know that they're there, you don't… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If each dead person became a ghost, there'd be more than 100 billion of them haunting us all. Creepy, but cool. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If Neptune were analogized with a Chevy Impala in mass, then how big is pluto compared to that? Pluto would be a… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you're scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you, and that understanding empowers you. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Don’t know if it’s good or bad that a Google search on “Big Bang Theory” lists the sitcom before the origin of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Spin-off technologies are changing the culture. Even if you don't become an engineer you could be a poet, a journalist, a lawyer,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Just before I said I wanted to be an astronomer I said I wanted to be a baseball player. I was quite… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I don't ever tell people what to do! Even if it seems and feels that way sometimes, I don't think I should… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
There is a theorem that colloquially translates, You cannot comb the hair on a bowling ball. ... Clearly, none of these mathematicians… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you look at the history of unexplained phenomena that was first explained by spiritual, mystical forces, the track record is not… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The trend lines in research and innovation look good for places such as India and China and less good for America as… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The people that first climbed Mt. Everest weren't scientists, right, they were adventurers. If you're an adventurer, you want to go yourself.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If something comes up that is completely freaky, it's spiritual-looking to the scientist, the first explanation is not going to be that… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
They all knew the mothership was coming, they all knew it was a flying saucer, they all knew it came from another… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I would expunge the word "aptitude" from our vocabulary, because if you're interested in something, that's all that matters. You'll spend more… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
People say, oh we just need charismatic leaders to continue on to Mars. Now we've gone to the moon, of course Mars… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There's no wild cows... You list all the fruit, and all the vegetables, and ask yourself,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Whatever I am, I'm not as bad as the person that read the novel before watching the film. I'll enjoy whatever they… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If NASA were advancing a space frontier there would be challenges you've never seen before. You have to be creative and you… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
When you're a hammer (as the saying goes), all your problems look like nails. If you're a meteorite expert pondering the sudden… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
During the 1970s and 1980s, the popular television soap opera As The World Turns portrayed sunrise during the opening credits and sunset… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If we have the power to turn another planet into Earth, then we have the power to turn Earth back into Earth. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you are that person, you are more likely to believe that God cured you, this invisible force, creator of the universe,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If all that you see, do, measure and discover is the will of a deity, then ideas can never be proven wrong,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I wonder if, in fact, we have been observed by aliens and upon close examination of human conduct and human behavior they… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can't have a functioning… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
You ask people, do you pray to [a person or] God. If you say yes to that, you're religious by, presumably, anybody's… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I think on some level, role models are overrated If you require a role model who looks just like you to be… — 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
Since life on Earth is, so far, the only known example of life in the universe, our dilemma may simply be that… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Why can't Pluto be a planet? Some people like Pluto. And if it doesn't exist then they don't have a favorite planet.… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It would be great if we were on multiple planets, but I think that's unrealistic. Hawking says we have to be on… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The school system is constructed to praise you if you get high grades. And if you get straight A's, you're the one… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
You can deceive yourself into thinking that America is a technological leader, but if you don't see what anyone else is doing… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
When I grew up I assembled my role models à la cart. I wanted to be an astrophysicist. If I tried to… — 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
![“Whatever I am, I'm not as bad as the person that read the novel before watching the film. I'll enjoy whatever they [producers] are putting in front of me. If they made an attempt to get things right, then I'll criticize them for what they got wrong. If they made no attempt to get things right, and…” quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bf9/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_books_whatever-i-am-i-m-not-as-bad-as-the-pers_1766557.jpg)
![“You ask people, do you pray to [a person or] God. If you say yes to that, you're religious by, presumably, anybody's standards of your conduct. And it's the yes to that question that applies to 40% of scientists. So, there're plenty of atheists who are scientists or not scientists. There maybe a…” quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9f8/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_agnosticism_you-ask-people-do-you-pray-to-a-person-o_1460056.jpg)
![“They [scientists of centuries past] call on God only from the lonely and precarious edge of incomprehension. Where they feel certain about their explanations, however, God gets hardly a mention.” quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0b0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_century_they-scientists-of-centuries-past-call-o_12921.jpg)
