Science Quotes by Phil Plait

If you took every nuclear weapon ever built at the height of the Cold War, lumped them together and blew them up at the…

— Phil Plait

Welcome to science. You’re gonna like it here.

— Phil Plait

When you're dealing with the universe, ignorance can be deadly.

— Phil Plait

You can experience the thrill of discovery, the incredible, visceral feeling of doing something no one has ever done before, see things no one…

— Phil Plait

The difference between the dinosaurs and us is that we have a space program and we can vote.

— Phil Plait

Pseudoscience is like a virus. At low levels, it's no big deal, but when it reaches a certain threshold it becomes sickening.

— Phil Plait

The Universe is cool enough without making up crap about it.

— Phil Plait

Our solar system is fantastically bizarre. There are worlds with features we never imagined. Storms larger than planets, moons with under-surface oceans, lakes of…

— Phil Plait

Other job markets may lay claim to the title, but astronomy is actually the world's oldest profession.

— Phil Plait

Humanity and life are reflected in the stars, and the Universe itself is poetry.

— Phil Plait

The best idea ever thought of in the history of humanity is useless unless someone communicates it. It will die in the test tube.…

— Phil Plait

Astrology ... makes vague predictions that can always be adapted after the fact to fit observations, as we'll see. Astrologers don't seek causes at…

— Phil Plait

However, science isn't just about showing when you're right; it's also about showing when you're wrong.

— Phil Plait

How do you convince someone they're not thinking clearly, when they're not thinking clearly? What we're actually saying is no magic, no afterlife, no…

— Phil Plait

A lot of them complain because they say the word denial puts them in the same bin as holocaust deniers. That's too bad. But…

— Phil Plait