Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes Page 2
Best 50 Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson – Page 2 of 2
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Quotes
“We are stardust brought to life, then empowered by the universe to figure itself out—and we have only just begun.”
“Yes, Einstein was a bad*ss.”
Cosmos Quotes
“Science needs the light of free expression to flourish. It depends on the fearless questioning of authority, and the open exchange of ideas.”
“There’s as many atoms in a single molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. We are, each of us, a little universe.”
Death by Black Hole Quotes
“As a child, I was aware that, at night, infrared vision would reveal monsters hiding in the bedroom closet only if they were warm-blooded. But everybody knows that your average bedroom monster is reptilian and cold-blooded.”
“If humans one day become extinct from a catastrophic collision, there would be no greater tragedy in the history of life in the universe. Not because we lacked the brain power to protect ourselves but because we lacked the foresight.
The dominant species that replaces us in post-apocalyptic Earth just might wonder, as they gaze upon our mounted skeletons in their natural history museums, why large-headed H*mo sapiens fared no better than the proverbially pea-brained dinosaurs.”
“In modern times, if the sole measure of what’s out there flows from your five senses then a precarious life awaits you.”
“Scientific inquiry shouldn't stop just because a reasonable explanation has apparently been found.”
“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.”
“The flip side of not noticing your own culture is one of the great pleasures of foreign travel: realizing what you hadn’t noticed about your own country, and noticing what the people of other countries no longer realize about themselves.”
“When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.”
Origins Quotes
“In the beginning, there was physics.”
Space Chronicles Quotes
“Down there between our legs, it's like an entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system. Who designed that?”
“Our nation is turning into an idiocracy.”
The Sky is Not the Limit Quotes
“Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program.”
“I am convinced that the act of thinking logically cannot possibly be natural to the human mind. If it were, then mathematics would be everybody's easiest course at school and our species would not have taken several millennia to figure out the scientific method.”
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“Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don't see you jumping out of buildings.”
“There are no limits when you are surrounded by people who believe in you, or by people whose expectations are not set by the short-sighted attitudes of society, or by people who help to open doors of opportunity, not close them.”
“There is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.”
Twitter post Quotes
“In case you were wondering, for Santa, in a single 24-hr Earth-night, to deliver presents to all those who celebrate Christmas, he must visit 25,000 homes per second.”
“Most disaster movies begin with authorities ignoring scientists who warn of impending doom. Reality appears to be no different.”
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