1,151 Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig.

The Big Bang Theory: When geeky scientists can be main characters in a hit prime time series, you know there's hope for the world.

To get an Emmy nomination for a show that was the first-ever science talk show on television to us was an affirmation that there is an appetite for this content in the mainstream public, not just the erudite public. So we're all completely thrilled by it.

Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.

I don't care what town you're born in, what city, what country. If you're a child, you are curious about your environment. You're overturning rocks. You're plucking leaves off of trees and petals off of flowers, looking inside, and you're doing things that create disorder in the lives of the adults around you.

To learn more about science, turn off your electronic device and go outside and look around a bit. Nature is calling you. Go on. The internet will still be here.

Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.

We need to look at NASA, not as a handout, but as an investment.