Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes — Page 26

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Funny

“You know that passage in the Bible that says, “And the meek shall inherit the Earth”? Always wondered if that was mistranslated. Perhaps it actually says, “And the geek shall inherit the Earth.”

Earth Geek Meek

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Courageous

“But the moment the politicians start saying they are in denial of what the scientists are telling them, of what the consensus of scientific experiments demonstrates, that is the beginning of the end of an informed democracy.”

Moments Democracy Denial

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Philosophical

“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.”

Fighting Technology Community

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Motivated

“Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical.”

Done Seductive Practicals

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Philosophical

“Artificial selection turned the wolf into the shepherd, and the wild grasses into wheat and corn. In fact, almost every plant and animal that we eat today was bred from a wild, less edible ancestor. If artificial selection can work such profound changes in only ten or fifteen thousand years, what can natural selection do operating over billions of years? The answer is all the beauty and diversity of life.”

Years Animal Profound

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Philosophical

“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.”

Space Watches Intellectual

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Funny

“Here's the problem, when you're stargazing on a mountain top you are partially oxygen-deprived and you're in command of million dollars worth of hardware. So as much as I would like to sip wine under the stars, it's contraindicated in the instructions on operating telescopes.”

Stars Wine Oxygen

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Proud

“I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of its members willingly put their lives at risk to push the boundaries of our existence.”

Risk Proud Boundaries

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Philosophical

“Here's what I'm wondering: if, digitally, you can remove red-eye, smooth over wrinkles, make people look thinner, then why don't we have the technology to make me sing better?”

People Technology Wonder

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Philosophical

“A conspiracy theorist is a person who tacitly admits that they have insufficient data to prove their points. A conspiracy is a battle cry of a person with insufficient data.”

Battle Data Cry

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Philosophical

“Note, however, that you cannot simply add temperatures the way you can add volumes or weights. Two people in bed, each with body temperatures of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, do not normally create a 197.2 degree under-the-cover oven.”

People Two Science

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Philosophical

“Only when you question does society move or advance at all.”

Moving Doe

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