--- title: "12 Never Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson" description: "12 Never quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Plus more from Neil deGrasse Tyson and more Never sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d9/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_been_i-think-the-greatest-of-people-that-have_382430.png" --- > [I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-think-the-greatest-of-people-that-have-ever-been-in-society-they/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d9/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_been_i-think-the-greatest-of-people-that-have_382430.png) > [You can't come away with this cosmic perspective thinking that you are better than others and want to fight. That's why you'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/you-can-t-come-away-with-this-cosmic-perspective-thinking-that-you/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_away_you-can-t-come-away-with-this-cosmic-per_2343088.png) > [Somehow it's O.K. for people to chuckle about not being good at math. Yet if I said, 'I never learned to read,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/somehow-it-s-o-k-for-people-to-chuckle-about-not-being-good-at-math/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d2/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_bad-ass_somehow-it-s-o-k-for-people-to-chuckle-a_2221582.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 never got into 'Star Wars.' Maybe because they made no attempt to portray real physics. At all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-never-got-into-star-wars-maybe-because-they-made-no-attempt-to/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_made_i-never-got-into-star-wars-maybe-because_2487422.png) > [Private enterprise can never lead a space frontier. It's not possible because a space frontier is expensive, it has unknown risks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/private-enterprise-can-never-lead-a-space-frontier-it-s-not-possible/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_business_private-enterprise-can-never-lead-a-spac_2184961.png) > [The history of exploration has never been driven by exploration. But Columbus himself was a discoverer. So was Magellan. But the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/the-history-of-exploration-has-never-been-driven-by-exploration-but/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_been_the-history-of-exploration-has-never-bee_668457.jpg) > [You've never seen me debate anybody. On anything. Ever. My investment of time, as an educator, in my judgment, is best served…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/you-ve-never-seen-me-debate-anybody-on-anything-ever-my-investment-of/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/382/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_about_you-ve-never-seen-me-debate-anybody-on-a_617562.png) > [You will never find scientists leading armies into battle. You just won't. Especially not astrophysicists - we see the biggest picture there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/you-will-never-find-scientists-leading-armies-into-battle-you-just-2/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_armies_you-will-never-find-scientists-leading-a_3070646.png) > [Private enterprise in the history of civilization has never led large, expensive, dangerous projects with unknown risks. That has never happened because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/private-enterprise-in-the-history-of-civilization-has-never-led-large/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_activity_private-enterprise-in-the-history-of-civ_1811844.png) > [I like to believe that science is becoming mainstream. It should have never been something that sort of geeky people do and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/i-like-to-believe-that-science-is-becoming-mainstream-it-should-have/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_about_i-like-to-believe-that-science-is-becomi_105067.png) > [If you're going to lead a space frontier, it has to be government; it'll never be private enterprise. Because the space frontier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/if-you-re-going-to-lead-a-space-frontier-it-has-to-be-government-it/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/neil-degrasse-tyson-143_because_if-you-re-going-to-lead-a-space-frontier_418062.png) ## Other authors on Never ## 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/never/neil-degrasse-tyson/#itemlist", "name": "12 Never Quotes By Neil deGrasse Tyson", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. 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