1,151 Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Science is not a subject you took in school. It’s life. We are wrapped by it, in it, with it.

Does the full moon affect people’s behavior, you ask? Yup. It makes people think the full moon affects people’s behavior.

In the end, it’s the people who are curious who change the world.

We are not simply in the universe, we are part of it. We are born from it. One might even say that the universe has empowered us, here in our small corner of the cosmos, to figure itself out. And we have only just begun.

Perhaps these ancient observatories like Stonehenge perennially impress modern people because modern people have no idea how the Sun, Moon, or stars move. We are too busy watching evening television to care what’s going on in the sky.

The power and beauty of physical laws is that they apply everywhere, whether or not you choose to believe in them.

When students cheat on exams it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.

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.

The problem comes when religion enters the science classroom. There’s no tradition of scientists knocking down the Sunday school door, telling preachers what to teach. Scientists don’t picket churches. By and large – though it may not look this way today – science and religion have achieved peaceful coexistence for quite some time. In fact, the greatest conflicts in the world are not between religion and science; they’re between religion and religion.