Nature Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Every living thing is a masterpiece, written by nature and edited by evolution.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist.”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I'm fascinated by the deaths of stars and the havoc they wreak on their environments.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Einstein's theory, we know that it fails. In advance, we know it fails. So that a deeper understanding of nature is awaiting…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

My goal is not to shove information into your head. It's to find ways to reignite the curiosity that we all had…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Where did the concept of "without borders" come from? No one had that concept until you saw Earth from space, illustrated not…

— 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…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

The day that you stop looking - because you're content God did it - I don't need you in the lab. You're…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“A modern example of this stunning knowledge of nature that Einstein has gifted us, comes from 2016, when gravitational waves were discovered…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

If all that you see, do, measure and discover is the will of a deity, then ideas can never be proven wrong,…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“Most places in the universe will kill life instantly—instantly! People say “Oh, the forces of nature are just right for life.” Excuse…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Great scientific minds, from Claudius Ptolemy of the second century to Isaac Newton of the seventeenth, invested their formidable intellects in attempts…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“To make this journey, we'll need imagination but imagination alone is not enough because the reality of nature is far more wondrous…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

There's no greater sign of the failure of the American educational system than the extent to which Americans are distracted by the…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Nature is not here to keep you alive. It has just as many ways to kill you as it does to sustain…

— 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…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

We are all connected to each other biologically, to the earth chemically and to the rest of the universe atomically. That's kinda…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“The knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on earth - the atoms that make up the human body, are traceable to…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“A modern example of this stunning knowledge of nature that Einstein has gifted us, comes from 2016, when gravitational waves were discovered…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The only accounting we had of the origins and the structure of nature was Biblical Genesis.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

In nature, when you conduct science, it is the natural world that is the ultimate decider in what is true and what…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist. People who believe they are ignorant of nothing have neither looked…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

To learn more about science, turn off your electronic device and go outside and look around a bit. Nature is calling you.…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Part of knowing how to think is knowing how the laws of nature shape the world around us. Without that knowledge, without…

— 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…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

The methods and tools of science perennially breach barriers, granting me confidence that our epic march of insight into the operations of…

— 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…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson