More Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson
If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what's really there.
You don't want to raise a kid in a culture where the kid who asks the most questions is annoying. You want a culture where the kid who asks the most questions gets awards and gets another piece of cake.
The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.
The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.
We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
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.
Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."
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.
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.
