If the people of Comic-Con ruled the world...then tomorrow would be invented every day. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If God to you is where science has yet to tread, then God is an ever-receding pocket. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If Pizza sizes were given in area not diameter, you'd see instantly that a 7 inch is less than half the size… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If the Sun exploded, we wouldn't know about it for 8 minutes and 20 seconds. Light and gravity take that long to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you don't question you're stuck within a pre-existing parameters of knowledge. Questions are what take you outside of those parameters. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I think if everyone had the luxury to pursue a life of exactly what they love, we would all be ranked as… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If we're going to affect policy, or affect attitudes, for me, the adults have always been the target population. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It would be amazing if something completely spiritual sounding happened. Oh, my gosh! We'd be all over it. Because it's something new… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Astronauts are the only kind of celebrity I know who can have a line of people waiting for their autograph, even if… — 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
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
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
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 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
Part of what it is to be scientifically-literate is how you think about information that's presented in front of you. I think… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If that god is described as being all-powerful and all-knowing and all-good, I don't see evidence for it anywhere in the world.… — 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
Artificial selection turned the wolf into the shepherd, and the wild grasses into wheat and corn. In fact, almost every plant and… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Essentially every scientist, when posed with the question, "If you want to get science knowledge from Mars, do you want to send… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The word smart is not applied to all professions, even if you are smart in that profession. No one talks about smart… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
When I wrestled, I would set aside the time to wrestle, so that in my mind it didn't interfere with my study… — 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
If you want to come behind the Bible and explain everything scientifically, then you're denying God's power over miracles. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If aliens did visit us, I'd be embarrassed to tell them we still dig fossil fuels from the ground as a source… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If there's some kind of rock star status, would I be irresponsible if I didn't somehow use it for a continued greater… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If factual information upsets you, then you are creating a world that is not embracing objective truths, and that's not how you… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it's not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true. — 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
If there's something that someone else can do, let them do it. If I couldn't do it uniquely, let someone else do… — 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
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 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
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
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
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
... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share
The idea that God resides in the unknown is what philosophers call the God of the gaps. And we have this thing called science,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share
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… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share
