Neil deGrasse Tyson quotes - page 2

I love the smell of the universe in the morning. (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
The remarkable feature of physical laws is that they apply everywhere, whether or not you choose to believe in them. After the laws of physics, everything else is opinion. View quote
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Our nation is turning into an idiocracy. View quote
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Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us. View quote
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If you need to invoke your academic pedigree or job title for people to believe what you say, then you need a better argument. View quote
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Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not. View quote
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We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically. View quote
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... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance. View quote
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I would request that my body in death be buried not cremated, so that the energy content contained within it gets returned to the earth, so that flora and fauna can dine upon it, just as I have dined upon flora and fauna during my lifetime. View quote
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My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer. View quote
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Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think. (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical. View quote
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Some morning while your eating breakfast and you need something new to think about, though, you might want to ponder the fact that you see your kids across the table not as they are but as they once were, about three nanoseconds ago. View quote
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Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance. View quote
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In modern times, if the sole measure of what's out there flows from your five senses then a precarious life awaits you. View quote
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People like death and mayhem. View quote
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I don't have an issue with what you do in the church, but I'm gonna be up in your face if you're gonna knock on my science classroom and tell me they've got to teach what you're teaching in your Sunday school. Because that's when we're gonna fight! View quote
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The more of us that feel the universe, the better off we will be in this world. View quote
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I don't want students who could make the next major breakthrough in renewable energy sources or space travel to have been taught that anything they don't understand, and that nobody yet understands, is divinely constructed and therefore beyond their intellectual capacity. The day that happens, Americans will just sit in awe of what we don't understand, while we watch the rest of the world boldly go where no mortal has gone before. View quote
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Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine. View quote
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People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah's ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not about the need to separate church and state; it's about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically illiterate people from the ranks of teachers. (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
You don't take a dead cat to the vet. I mean you might, but why? View quote
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The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. View quote
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When students cheat on exams, it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning. View quote
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I look up at the night sky, and I know that, yes, 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. When I reflect on that fact, I look up - many people feel small, because they're small and the Universe is big, but I feel big, because my atoms came from those stars. View quote
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