1,151 Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

I want to encourage people to not think in terms of gifts, but think in terms of, wow. You work hard to succeed at that, because that’s exactly what I do.

It’s part of our pop culture to give animals human personalities and talents.

The most successful scientists in the history of the world are those who posed the right questions.

What if the universe was always there, in a state or condition we have yet to identify – a multiverse, for instance, that continually births universes? Or what if the universe just popped into existence from nothing? Or what if everything we know and love were just a computer simulation rendered for entertainment by a super-intelligent alien species?

While I’m a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it’s the real universe that calls to me. To fall into a black hole, that is more amazing than anything I’ve ever read in a science-fiction story.

Throughout history, different cultures have produced creation myths that explain our origins as the result of cosmic forces shaping our destiny. These histories have helped us to ward off feelings of insignificance.

I object to religion in science classrooms not because it’s religion but because it’s not science.

NASA has spin-offs, and it’s a huge and very impressive list, including accurate and affordable LASIK eye surgery.

If you’re a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you’re not going to be a good scientist.