The StarTalks - while kids can watch them, they're actually targeted at adults. Because adults outnumber kids five to one, and adults… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I've never been the critic of reality TV that others have, especially many of my colleagues who wonder if it's just the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We live in a world where not everyone has the urge to help others... It is OK to encourage others to pull… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
For all we know, the aliens have already done this and unwittingly concluded that there was no intelligent life on Earth. They… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Grab something off the shelf that's on the spaceship-an ashtray, it doesn't matter what. Because I can tell you, if they flew… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I can tell you that in my modern life I enjoy language. I enjoy words, their meaning, what they sound like to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I thought that if everyone looked up the way I did then everyone would want to study… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you're denying God's power, that means you don't really believe they were miracles, and so then why believe they happened at… — 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
Don't get in the way of children who find it natural and obvious to explore the world around them - even if… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
To assert that the universe has a purpose implies the universe has intent. And intent implies a desired outcome. But who would… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you love what you do, you'll be your best at it compared to anything else you might have chosen as a… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
There's the anti-intellectual movement in society and I don't blame them entirely for feeling that way because we all know people, I… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I'm optimistic. I see no longer people accepting fuzzy thinking in the world. The change is not that people aren't still saying… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We still refer to sunrise, sunset. That only has meaning if you think that Earth is in the center of things, and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If we want to unlock the secret behind the origin of our sun and its planets, it would be helpful to find… — 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
Most science fiction is about tomorrow, a tomorrow brought to you by innovations in science and technology, and China was worried that… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If there were biologists among the extremophiles organisms that live in extreme conditions, they would surely classify themselves as normal and any… — 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… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Last I checked, Bill Gates was worth $50 billion. If the average employed adult, who is walking in a hurry, will pick… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If our solar system is not unusual, then there are so many planets in the universe that, for example, they outnumber the… — 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
Science is not just 'Here are some facts, learn that'. There's a thread through these stories that, if you know how to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I'd bet almost anything that life from another planet, if formed independently from life on Earth, would be more different from all… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
In any case, the leading edge of our "on purpose" radio signals is 30 light-years away and, if intercepted, may mend the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It could be that these other civilizations, if they are far more advanced intellectually than we are, would not even measure our… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
For centuries, epilepsy was the exact expectation of someone being possessed by the Devil. There was no better explanation, and it allows… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I simply go with what works. And what works is the healthy skepticism embodied in the scientific method. Believe me, if the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If cosmological theory were dominated by women, who are no strangers to cycles, how can we know for sure that we wouldn't… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I'm an educator, and I'm a scientist, and I speak what is objectively true. And if that offends you, I can try… — 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
![“I can tell you that in my modern life I enjoy language. I enjoy words, their meaning, what they sound like to the ear, what they sound like to the listener. I strive to write the perfect sentence in all that I do, and when I write [the] perfect sentence I know it. If I had a second life I'd be a…” quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e69/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_broadway_i-can-tell-you-that-in-my-modern-life-i_2199529.jpg)
![“The press still thinks [global warming] is controversial. So they find the 1% of the scientists and put them up as if they're 50% of the research results. You in the public would have no idea that this is basically a done deal and that we're on to other problems, because the journalists are trying…” quote by Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9b8/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_climate_the-press-still-thinks-global-warming-is_2538466.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)
