1,151 Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Something we all have as kids and is beaten out of us as adults. Parents come up to me, “How do I get my kids interested in science?” They’re already interested in science. Just stop beating it out of them.

Evidence my 14yr old daughter is geek-literate: In lieu of OK, one might type K while texting. She instead typed “Potassium”.

To declare that Earth must be the only planet in the universe with life would be inexcusably big-headed of us.

After 50 years of television, there’s no other conclusion the aliens could draw, but that most humans are neurotic, death-hungry, dysfunctional idiots.

There’s no tradition of scientists knocking down the Sunday school door, telling the preacher, That might not necessarily be true. That’s never happened. There’re no scientists picketing outside of churches.

I’ve accomplished enough in life so that I do not fear death.

Stephen Hawking the reputation of being the smartest person alive. Most of us agree.

The persistent failures of controlled, double-blind experiments to support the claims of parapsychology suggest that what’s going on is nonsense rather than sixth sense.

Celestial happenings, however, don’t limit themselves to what’s convenient for the human retina.