--- title: "16 Intelligent Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson" description: "16 Intelligent quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Plus more from Neil deGrasse Tyson and more Intelligent sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_alien_i-don-t-see-why-there-is-no-intelligent_2949738.png" --- > [I don't see why there is no intelligent alien life in the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-don-t-see-why-there-is-no-intelligent-alien-life-in-the-universe/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_alien_i-don-t-see-why-there-is-no-intelligent_2949738.png) > [Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/intelligent-design-is-a-philosophy-of-ignorance/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_design_intelligent-design-is-a-philosophy-of-ig_843682.png) > [We are only intelligent by our own measures](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/we-are-only-intelligent-by-our-own-measures/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_intelligent_we-are-only-intelligent-by-our-own-measu_472524.png) > [We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/we-define-ourselves-as-intelligent-that-s-odd-because-we-re-doing-the/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_because_we-define-ourselves-as-intelligent-that_977798.png) > [Perhaps we've never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon Earth and decided there's no sign of intelligent life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/perhaps-we-ve-never-been-visited-by-aliens-because-they-have-looked/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_aliens_perhaps-we-ve-never-been-visited-by-alie_2802703.png) > [I lose sleep at night wondering whether we are intelligent enough to figure out the universe. I don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-lose-sleep-at-night-wondering-whether-we-are-intelligent-enough-to/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_enough_i-lose-sleep-at-night-wondering-whether_1433147.png) > [Science is a philosophy of discovery; intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance... Something fundamamental is going on in people's minds when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/science-is-a-philosophy-of-discovery-intelligent-design-is-a/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_design_science-is-a-philosophy-of-discovery-int_332410.png) > [Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. You cannot build a program of discovery on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/science-is-a-philosophy-of-discovery-intelligent-design-is-a-3/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_answers_science-is-a-philosophy-of-discovery-int_2726758.jpg) > [The universe is large and old, and the ingredients for life as we know it are everywhere, so there's no reason to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-universe-is-large-and-old-and-the-ingredients-for-life-as-we-know/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_became_the-universe-is-large-and-old-and-the-in_761126.jpg) > [I wonder if, in fact, we have been observed by aliens and upon close examination of human conduct and human behavior they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-wonder-if-in-fact-we-have-been-observed-by-aliens-and-upon-close/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a9/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_aliens_i-wonder-if-in-fact-we-have-been-observe_2966325.png) > [For all we know, the aliens have already done this and unwittingly concluded that there was no intelligent life on Earth. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/for-all-we-know-the-aliens-have-already-done-this-and-unwittingly/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_aliens_for-all-we-know-the-aliens-have-already_1200856.jpg) > [Intelligent life can't be all that common because it's really rare on Earth and especially since we define ourselves to be intelligent.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/intelligent-life-can-t-be-all-that-common-because-it-s-really-rare-on/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a5/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_alien_intelligent-life-can-t-be-all-that-commo_606644.png) > [My only hope is that every other alien civilization isn't doing exactly what we are doing because then everybody would be listening,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/my-only-hope-is-that-every-other-alien-civilization-isn-t-doing/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13f/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_alien_my-only-hope-is-that-every-other-alien-c_2505561.png) > [If we find life out there, and it's not us, we will deem it not intelligent. But what may be equally as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/if-we-find-life-out-there-and-it-s-not-us-we-will-deem-it-not/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f13/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_case_if-we-find-life-out-there-and-it-s-not-u_965511.png) > [I think that intelligence is such a narrow branch of the tree of life - this branch of primates we call humans.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-think-that-intelligence-is-such-a-narrow-branch-of-the-tree-of-life/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/490/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_animal_i-think-that-intelligence-is-such-a-narr_1051821.png) > [Lots of people think, well, we're humans; we're the most intelligent and accomplished species; we're in charge. Bacteria may have a different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/lots-of-people-think-well-we-re-humans-we-re-the-most-intelligent-and/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_accomplished_lots-of-people-think-well-we-re-humans-w_1937729.png) ## Other authors on Intelligent ## 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/intelligent/neil-degrasse-tyson/#itemlist", "name": "16 Intelligent Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't see why there is no intelligent alien life in the universe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil deGrasse Tyson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-don-t-see-why-there-is-no-intelligent-alien-life-in-the-universe/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_alien_i-don-t-see-why-there-is-no-intelligent_2949738.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_alien_i-don-t-see-why-there-is-no-intelligent_2949738.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/851/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_alien_i-don-t-see-why-there-is-no-intelligent_2949738.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't see why there is no intelligent alien life in the universe.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil deGrasse Tyson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/intelligent-design-is-a-philosophy-of-ignorance/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_design_intelligent-design-is-a-philosophy-of-ig_843682.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_design_intelligent-design-is-a-philosophy-of-ig_843682.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_design_intelligent-design-is-a-philosophy-of-ig_843682.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are only intelligent by our own measures", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil deGrasse Tyson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/we-are-only-intelligent-by-our-own-measures/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_intelligent_we-are-only-intelligent-by-our-own-measu_472524.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_intelligent_we-are-only-intelligent-by-our-own-measu_472524.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_intelligent_we-are-only-intelligent-by-our-own-measu_472524.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are only intelligent by our own measures” — Neil deGrasse Tyson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We define ourselves as intelligent. 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