--- title: "18 Natural Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson" description: "18 Natural quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Plus more from Neil deGrasse Tyson and more Natural sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_believer_when-scientifically-investigating-the-na_2583158.png" --- > [When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/when-scientifically-investigating-the-natural-world-the-only-thing/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a1b/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_believer_when-scientifically-investigating-the-na_2583158.png) > [Pretty much every plant and animal alive today is the result of eons of natural cross-breeding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/pretty-much-every-plant-and-animal-alive-today-is-the-result-of-eons/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_alive_pretty-much-every-plant-and-animal-alive_1495698.png) > [In nature, when you conduct science, it is the natural world that is the ultimate decider in what is true and what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/in-nature-when-you-conduct-science-it-is-the-natural-world-that-is/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fec/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_conduct_in-nature-when-you-conduct-science-it-is_147357.png) > [It's always interesting just to see how the human mind is relating to the natural universe, and what we try to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/it-s-always-interesting-just-to-see-how-the-human-mind-is-relating-to/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_always_it-s-always-interesting-just-to-see-how_730263.png) > [The trend lines in research and innovation look good for places such as India and China and less good for America as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-trend-lines-in-research-and-innovation-look-good-for-places-such/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_adventure_the-trend-lines-in-research-and-innovati_1137216.jpg) > [There are two kinds of comments that I get. One is, oh, you're such a natural up there, and the other one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/there-are-two-kinds-of-comments-that-i-get-one-is-oh-you-re-such-a/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_comment_there-are-two-kinds-of-comments-that-i-g_2394680.jpg) > [Science surrounds you. It's not something that you can step aside, step over or push out of your way because you were…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_curiosity_science-surrounds-you-it-s-not-something_22757.jpg) > [Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can't have a functioning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/knowledge-of-the-natural-world-and-how-it-works-should-be-counted-as/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_democracy_knowledge-of-the-natural-world-and-how-i_3086349.png) > [My goal is not to shove information into your head. It's to find ways to reignite the curiosity that we all had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/my-goal-is-not-to-shove-information-into-your-head-it-s-to-find-ways/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1a/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_backyards_my-goal-is-not-to-shove-information-into_1972748.jpg) > [The problem is not scientifically illiterate kids; it is scientifically illiterate adults. Kids are born curious about the natural world. They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-problem-is-not-scientifically-illiterate-kids-it-is/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_about_the-problem-is-not-scientifically-illite_1379740.jpg) > [... informed ignorance provides the natural state of mind for research scientists at the ever-shifting frontiers of knowledge. People who believe themselves…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f35/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_believe_informed-ignorance-provides-the-natural_3674.png) > [But to carve the Grand Canyon, Earth required millions of years. To excavate Meteor Crater, the universe, using a sixty-thousand-ton asteroid traveling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/but-to-carve-the-grand-canyon-earth-required-millions-of-years-to/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_asteroids_but-to-carve-the-grand-canyon-earth-requ_81986.jpg) > [Artificial selection turned the wolf into the shepherd, and the wild grasses into wheat and corn. In fact, almost every plant and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/artificial-selection-turned-the-wolf-into-the-shepherd-and-the-wild/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_ancestor_artificial-selection-turned-the-wolf-int_1863602.jpg) > [“If humans one day become extinct from a catastrophic collision, there would be no greater tragedy in the history of life in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/if-humans-one-day-become-extinct-from-a-catastrophic-collision-there/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cd/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_apocalyptic_if-humans-one-day-become-extinct-from-a_1491207.jpg) > [I've said multiple times that the world's first trillionaire is going to be the person who exploits the resources of asteroids, the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_asteroids_i-ve-said-multiple-times-that-the-world_12470.jpg) > [Don't get in the way of children who find it natural and obvious to explore the world around them - even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/don-t-get-in-the-way-of-children-who-find-it-natural-and-obvious-to/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_children_don-t-get-in-the-way-of-children-who-fin_2396996.png) > [Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/even-with-all-our-technology-and-the-inventions-that-make-modern-life/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_bad-ass_even-with-all-our-technology-and-the-inv_88918.jpg) > [I am convinced that the act of thinking logically cannot possibly be natural to the human mind. If it were, then mathematics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-am-convinced-that-the-act-of-thinking-logically-cannot-possibly-be/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_figures_i-am-convinced-that-the-act-of-thinking_974542.png) ## Other authors on Natural ## 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/natural/neil-degrasse-tyson/#itemlist", "name": "18 Natural Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil deGrasse Tyson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/when-scientifically-investigating-the-natural-world-the-only-thing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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