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

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Two, Giving, Mind Blowing

  Twitter post from Dec 7, 2011

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• There are as many atoms in each molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. This is true for dogs, and bears, and every living thing. We are, each of us, a little universe.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Dog, Stars, Dna

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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.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  People, Support, Effort

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• God is an ever receding pocket of scientific ignorance.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Ignorance, Atheism, Pockets

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science, Religion and the Universe". "Moyers & Company" with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. January 17, 2014.

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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.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  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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• 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.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Ocean, Whales, Water

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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.

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  Motivational, Philosophy, Happy Life

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

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Dream, Truth, Thinking

  Twitter post from Jan 24, 2015

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• Facts are true whether or not you believe them.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Believe, Religion, Facts

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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.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Strong, Writing, Kids

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

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  America, Amendments, Worst

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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.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Stars, Crucible, Molecules

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• It's better to understand something than to memorize something.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson on Pluto, Science Groupies, and Killing Insects". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. April 16, 2015.

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• If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Reality, People, Decision

  Twitter post from Sep 15, 2014

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• When we try to look farther into the universe we come to what appears to be the end of space but actually it's the beginning of time.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Space, Trying, Looks

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Motivation, Successful, People

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

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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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  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.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  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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• 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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• To assert that the universe has a purpose implies the universe has intent. And intent implies a desired outcome. But who would do the desiring? And what would a desired outcome be? That carbon-based life is inevitable? Or that sentient primates are life's neurological pinnacle? Are answers to these questions even possible without expressing a profound bias of human sentiment? Of course humans were not around to ask these questions for 99.9999% of cosmic history. So if the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it.

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  Profound, Cosmos, Purpose

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