Carl Sagan spoke fluently between biology and geology and astrophysics and physics. If you move fluently across those boundaries, you realize that science is everywhere; science is not something you can step around or sweep under the rug. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
I always try to get people a different outlook. When you do that, people take ownership of the information. They don’t ever have to reference me because, I’d like to believe as an educator, I’m empowering them to have those thoughts themselves. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
Once you have an innovation culture, even those who are not scientists or engineers – poets, actors, journalists – they, as communities, embrace the meaning of what it is to be scientifically literate. They embrace the concept of an innovation culture. They vote in ways that promote it. They don’t fight science and they don’t fight technology. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
Not enough people in this world, I think, carry a cosmic perspective with them. It could be life-changing. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
The chances that your tombstone will read ‘Killed by Asteroid’ are about the same as they’d be for ‘Killed in Airplane Crash.’ Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
You can’t have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That’s a recipe for disaster. And I don’t mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
The universe is hilarious! Like, Venus is 900 degrees. I could tell you it melts lead. But that’s not as fun as saying, ‘You can cook a pizza on the windowsill in nine seconds.’ And next time my fans eat pizza, they’re thinking of Venus! Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don’t expect. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
If God is the mystery of the universe, these mysteries, we’re tackling these mysteries one by one. If you’re going to stay religious at the end of the conversation, God has to mean more to you than just where science has yet to tread. Neil deGrasse Tyson Read Quote
