Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes About Parents

Quotes about: Parents

• I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Children, Thinking, Parent

• One of the greatest features of science is that it doesn't matter where you were born, and it doesn't matter what the belief systems of your parents might have been: If you perform the same experiment that someone else did, at a different time and place, you'll get the same result.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Parent, Different, Might

• Curiosity is missing. Curiosity in particular is something that the system, not only the educational system but, the parental... what you do as a parent at home.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Educational, Home, Parent

  "Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Writing, Mars, Curiosity, and the Higgs Boson". Interview with Sandra Kitt, aalbc.com. January 1, 2013.

• You like to explore things, and your parents don't like it because it gets the pots and pans dirty, and because it's noisy - but for you it's fun, you're resting. You're actually doing experiments... Just tell your parents that they're experiments, and you want to become a scientist, and then they won't stop you from doing anything you want.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Fun, Dirty, Parent

  "Neil Degrasse Tyson Responds To Six-Year-Old – 'How Can First Graders Help The Earth?'". Neil deGrasse Tyson's speech at the NDT lecture at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA, lybio.net. November 14, 2014.

• I want to create the airplane that flies in the rarified atmosphere of Mars. This is what galvanizes a generation to want to become scientists and engineers in the first place, not we need a scientist to develop a plane that's 20 percent more fuel-efficient than the one your parents flew.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Airplane, Parent, Atmosphere

  "Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains Why The Cosmos Shouldn't Make You Feel Small". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. February 27, 2014.

• 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.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Kids, Parent, Adults

  "Neil deGrasse Tyson On Literacy, Curiosity, Education, And Being 'In Your Face'". Interview with Linda Holmes, www.npr.org. February 25, 2010.

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