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Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes

I’m fascinated by the deaths of stars and the havoc they wreak on their environments Picture Quote #1

If a scientist is not befuddled by what they’re looking at, then they’re not a research scientist Picture Quote #1

If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you’ve got to send humans Picture Quote #1

People generally don’t recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book Picture Quote #1

The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don’t expect Picture Quote #1

There’s a lot of memorization that goes on in school. You memorize vocabulary words and all these sorts of things Picture Quote #1

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I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have to be pulled into a corner to be taught about Picture Quote #1

In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you’re surrounded by carnivores, one of the best strategies is to fade into the background and disappear Picture Quote #1

The methods and tools of science perennially breach barriers, granting me confidence that our epic march of insight into the operations of nature will continue without end Picture Quote #1

All tweets are tasty. Any tweet anybody writes is tasty. So, I try to have each tweet not simply be informative, but have some outlook, some perspective that you might not otherwise had Picture Quote #1

Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That’s a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don’t know what you’re doing Picture Quote #1

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 mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office Picture Quote #1

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The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there’s any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all Picture Quote #1

After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all? Picture Quote #1

The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it Picture Quote #1

When your reasons for believing something are justified ad hoc, you are left susceptible to further discoveries undermining the rationale for that belief Picture Quote #1

... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance Picture Quote #1

Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program Picture Quote #1

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In modern times, if the sole measure of what’s out there flows from your five senses then a precarious life awaits you Picture Quote #1

For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you Picture Quote #1

When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier Picture Quote #1

We spend the first year of a child’s life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There’s something wrong there Picture Quote #1

So what is true for life itself is no less true for the universe: knowing where you came from is no less important than knowing where you are going Picture Quote #1

The remarkable feature of physical laws is that they apply everywhere, whether or not you choose to believe in them. After the laws of physics, everything else is opinion Picture Quote #1

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Down there between our legs, it’s like an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system. Who designed that? Picture Quote #1

Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure Picture Quote #1

Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical Picture Quote #1

If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a better argument Picture Quote #1

Whenever people have used religious documents to make accurate predictions about our base knowledge of the physical world, they have been famously wrong Picture Quote #1

If all that you see, do, measure and discover is the will of a deity, then ideas can never be proven wrong, you have no predictive power, and you are at a loss to understand the principles behind most of the fundamental interconnections of nature Picture Quote #1

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I’m fascinated by the deaths of stars and the havoc they wreak on their environments (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) If a scientist is not befuddled by what they’re looking at, then they’re not a research scientist (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) If you want a nation to have space exploration ambitions, you’ve got to send humans (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) People generally don’t recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don’t expect (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) There’s a lot of memorization that goes on in school. You memorize vocabulary words and all these sorts of things (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have to be pulled into a corner to be taught about (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you’re surrounded by carnivores, one of the best strategies is to fade into the background and disappear (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) The methods and tools of science perennially breach barriers, granting me confidence that our epic march of insight into the operations of nature will continue without end (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) All tweets are tasty. Any tweet anybody writes is tasty. So, I try to have each tweet not simply be informative, but have some outlook, some perspective that you might not otherwise had (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That’s a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don’t know what you’re doing (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) 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 mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that there’s any sort of benevolent force that has anything to do with it, at all (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all? (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) When your reasons for believing something are justified ad hoc, you are left susceptible to further discoveries undermining the rationale for that belief (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) ... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) In modern times, if the sole measure of what’s out there flows from your five senses then a precarious life awaits you (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) We spend the first year of a child’s life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There’s something wrong there (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) So what is true for life itself is no less true for the universe: knowing where you came from is no less important than knowing where you are going (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) The remarkable feature of physical laws is that they apply everywhere, whether or not you choose to believe in them. After the laws of physics, everything else is opinion (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) Down there between our legs, it’s like an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system. Who designed that? (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) Ignorance is a virus. Once it starts spreading, it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be that cure (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a better argument (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) Whenever people have used religious documents to make accurate predictions about our base knowledge of the physical world, they have been famously wrong (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes) If all that you see, do, measure and discover is the will of a deity, then ideas can never be proven wrong, you have no predictive power, and you are at a loss to understand the principles behind most of the fundamental interconnections of nature (Neil DeGrasse Tyson Quotes)

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