More Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson
In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world.
The worst thing that ever happened to America was the 19th Amendment.
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people's politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.
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.
We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.
Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
Why can't we summon the ingenuity and courage of the generations that came before us? The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse?
We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down. There's something wrong there.
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.