--- title: "11 Known Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson" description: "11 Known quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Plus more from Neil deGrasse Tyson and more Known sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_known_95-96-percent-of-all-that-drives-the-uni_2255573.png" --- > [95, 96 percent of all that drives the universe has no known origin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/95-96-percent-of-all-that-drives-the-universe-has-no-known-origin/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_known_95-96-percent-of-all-that-drives-the-uni_2255573.png) > [There are street artists. Street musicians. Street actors. But there are no street physicists. A little known secret is that a physicist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/there-are-street-artists-street-musicians-street-actors-but-there-are/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_actors_there-are-street-artists-street-musician_1404102.png) > [But one of the coolest things about meteorites is that most were formed four-and-a-half-billion years ago, during the birth of our solar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/but-one-of-the-coolest-things-about-meteorites-is-that-most-were/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_billions_but-one-of-the-coolest-things-about-mete_1538366.png) > [I've known from long ago that the universe was calling me. If you were one of those annoying adults that said, 'Oh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-ve-known-from-long-ago-that-the-universe-was-calling-me-if-you-were/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_adults_i-ve-known-from-long-ago-that-the-univer_2221767.png) > [Most gravity has no known origin. Is it some exotic particle? Nobody knows. Is dark energy responsible for expansion of the universe?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/most-gravity-has-no-known-origin-is-it-some-exotic-particle-nobody/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_dark_most-gravity-has-no-known-origin-is-it-s_797569.png) > [There's a saying in the scientific community, that every great truth goes through three phases. First, people deny it. Second, they say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/there-s-a-saying-in-the-scientific-community-that-every-great-truth/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de7/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_bible_there-s-a-saying-in-the-scientific-commu_1226668.png) > [Since life on Earth is, so far, the only known example of life in the universe, our dilemma may simply be that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/since-life-on-earth-is-so-far-the-only-known-example-of-life-in-the/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_compare_since-life-on-earth-is-so-far-the-only-k_2641894.jpg) > [We account for one-sixth of the forces of gravity we see in the universe. There is no known objects accounting for most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/we-account-for-one-sixth-of-the-forces-of-gravity-we-see-in-the/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_account_we-account-for-one-sixth-of-the-forces-o_1713471.jpg) > [Civilization just takes it as a given that the whole world was flooding. Then science came and you had geology and modern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/civilization-just-takes-it-as-a-given-that-the-whole-world-was/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_astrophysics_civilization-just-takes-it-as-a-given-th_2885911.jpg) > [I'd go back and hang out with Isaac Newton. I'm torn between do I hang out with him or do I bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-d-go-back-and-hang-out-with-isaac-newton-i-m-torn-between-do-i-hang/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_brilliant_i-d-go-back-and-hang-out-with-isaac-newt_141197.png) > [When provoked, the itsy-bitsy invertebrates known as tardigrades can suspend their metabolism. In that state, they can survive temperatures of... 73 K…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/when-provoked-the-itsy-bitsy-invertebrates-known-as-tardigrades-can/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_astronaut_when-provoked-the-itsy-bitsy-invertebrat_2070963.jpg) ## Other authors on Known ## 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/known/neil-degrasse-tyson/#itemlist", "name": "11 Known Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "95, 96 percent of all that drives the universe has no known origin.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil deGrasse Tyson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/95-96-percent-of-all-that-drives-the-universe-has-no-known-origin/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_known_95-96-percent-of-all-that-drives-the-uni_2255573.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_known_95-96-percent-of-all-that-drives-the-uni_2255573.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05a/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_known_95-96-percent-of-all-that-drives-the-uni_2255573.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“95, 96 percent of all that drives the universe has no known origin.” — Neil deGrasse Tyson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are street artists. 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