Kids Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

26 Kids quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Neil deGrasse Tyson treats the subject of children with the same wonder he applies to the cosmos, linking curiosity, discovery and and the importance of asking questions. His remarks blend scientific enthusiasm with everyday parenting wisdom.

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Give a kid a book, and you change the world. In a way, even the universe.

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A scientist is just a kid who never grew up.

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Adults, who outnumber kids four or five to one, are in charge. We wield the resources, run the world, and completely thwart…

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Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That's a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don't…

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Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of…

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When NASA dreams big America dreams big. People...kids say, 'I want to do that when I grow up'. Because you want to…

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When I was a kid, I thought that if everyone looked up the way I did then everyone would want to study…

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Let me tell you something about full moons: kids don't care about full moons. They'll play in a full moon, no worries…

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The StarTalks - while kids can watch them, they're actually targeted at adults. Because adults outnumber kids five to one, and adults…

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Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids.…

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Something we all have as kids and is beaten out of us as adults. Parents come up to me, "How do I…

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I'm a little fatigued of adults saying we've got to worry about the kids. And these are the same adults that don't…

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You say you're worried about kids? I'm not worried about kids, I'm worried about grown ups... Children are not the problem here...…

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Just before I said I wanted to be an astronomer I said I wanted to be a baseball player. I was quite…

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When NASA makes discoveries they are profound and they make headlines, everyone takes notice. It drives dialogue and, today, it would drive…

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Don't get in the way of children who find it natural and obvious to explore the world around them - even if…

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Curiosity is unknown. All adults were once kids and once curious, but as adults you don't remember that and you see curiosity…

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Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That's a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don't…

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I'm often asked by parents what advice can I give them to help get kids interested in science? And I have only…

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Some morning while your eating breakfast and you need something new to think about, though, you might want to ponder the fact…

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For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the…

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The problem is not scientifically illiterate kids; it is scientifically illiterate adults. Kids are born curious about the natural world. They are…

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For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the…

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The problem in society is not kids not knowing science. The problem is adults not knowing science. They outnumber kids 5 to…

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You can't train kids in a world where adults have no concept of what science literacy is. The adults are gonna squash…

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You don't want to raise a kid in a culture where the kid who asks the most questions is annoying. You want…

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