Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

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  Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Thinking, Knowing, Empowering

  Twitter post from May 19, 2012

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• The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Inspirational, I Hate You, Chalk

  "I Watched Neil deGrasse Tyson Take On a Science Skeptic". Interview with Anthony Liversidge, gizmodo.com. January 20, 2017.

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• The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Believe, Science, Bad Ass

  Twitter post from Jun 14, 2013

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  I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Mean, Love Is, Something New

  Source: www.npr.org

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

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  People, World, Curious

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. December 17, 2011.

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• The worst thing that ever happened to America was the 19th Amendment.

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  America, Amendments, Worst

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• Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."

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  Two, Giving, Mind Blowing

  Twitter post from Dec 7, 2011

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• One of the biggest problems with the world today is that we have large groups of people who will accept whatever they hear on the grapevine, just because it suits their worldview—not because it is actually true or because they have evidence to support it. The really striking thing is that it would not take much effort to establish validity in most of these cases… but people prefer reassurance to research.

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  People, Support, Effort

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• The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Motivational, Philosophy, Happy Life

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. March 1, 2012.

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• Claiming there is no other life in the universe is like scooping up some water, looking at the cup and claiming there are no whales in the ocean.

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  Ocean, Whales, Water

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  We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.

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  Nature, Important, Atoms

  "The Most Astounding Fact About The Universe, As Told By Neil DeGrasse Tyson", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 12, 2012.

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• I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.

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  Dream, Truth, Thinking

  Twitter post from Jan 24, 2015

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• The molecules that comprise our body are traceable to the crucibles of the centers of stars.These atoms and molecules are in us because, in fact, the universe is in us. And, we are not only figuratively, but literally, stardust.

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  Stars, Crucible, Molecules

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

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  Liars, Lying, Mean

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• Where ignorance lurks, so too do the frontiers of discovery and imagination

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  Ignorance, Discovery, Imagination

  Neil deGrasse Tyson (2007). “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries”, p.77, W. W. Norton & Company

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• The problem in society is not kids not knowing science. The problem is adults not knowing science. They outnumber kids 5 to 1, they wield power, they write legislation. When you have scientifically illiterate adults, you have undermined the very fabric of what makes a nation wealthy and strong.

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  Strong, Writing, Kids

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• No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.

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  Clueless, Learning, School

  Interview with Jim Clash, uk.askmen.com. August 23, 2012.

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• On Friday the 13th, April 2029, an asteroid large enough to fill the Rose Bowl as though it were an egg cup will fly so close to Earth that it will dip below the altitude of our communication satellites. We did not name this asteroid Bambi. Instead, we named it Apophis, after the Egyptian god of darkness and death.

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  Friday, Communication, Bad Ass

  Neil deGrasse Tyson (2007). “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries”, p.261, W. W. Norton & Company

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  One thing in life is for certain, the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.

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  Science, Things In Life, Ideas

  Neil deGrasse Tyson (2007). “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries”, p.305, W. W. Norton & Company

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  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.

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  Ignorance, Knowledge, Humanity

  "My Cancer Brings All the Crazies to the Yard" by Kevin Lankes, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 21, 2014.

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• To be scientifically literate is
  to empower yourself to
  know when someone else is
  full of bullshit.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Bullshit, Empowering, Empower Yourself

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• We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.

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  Beauty, Energy, Molecules

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• 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.

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  Looks, Calling, Goes On

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• Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end, nature, will not be fooled.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Issues, Environmental, Alarms

  "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey/ The Clean Room". Documentary, 2014.

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• Practically every food you buy in a store for consumption by humans is genetically modified food. There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There’s no wild cows.

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  Cows, Stores, Consumption

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson Tells GMO Critics to 'Chill Out'" by Chris Mooney, www.motherjones.com. July 30, 2014.

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