Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes — Page 30

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Confident

“I'm not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don't shoulder lightly.”

Responsibility Scientist Profile

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

Grateful

“After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?”

Universe Cherish

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Melancholic

“I try to keep this in mind when tied in to a rope 75 feet up in a tree... The history of ideas about our place in the universe has been a long series of let-downs for those who like to believe we are special.”

Believe Ideas Feet

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Philosophical

“I don't even think much about politicians. I think about the people in the audience who applaud the politicians. They are your fellow countrymen and they're the ones you live with - that should be who we target for education and enlightenment.”

People Thinking Enlightenment

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Philosophical

“Science is a cooperative enterprise spanning the generations. It's the passing of a torch from teacher to student to teacher. A community of minds, reaching back to antiquity and forward to the stars.”

Stars Teacher Community

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Philosophical

“Three and a half million years ago our ancestors - yours and mine - left these traces [indicates footprints]. We stood up and parted ways from them. Once we were standing on two feet, our eyes were no longer fixated on the ground. Now, we were free to look up and wonder.”

Two Eye Feet

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Philosophical

“With no gravitational force to work against, your body not only doesn't need the same amount of muscle and bone, it starts breaking them down. As on Earth, so in space: use it or lose it. And exercise may not solve the problem.”

Space Exercise Use It Or Lose It

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Philosophical

“UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)sightings are not higher among amateur astronomers than they are in the general public. In fact, they're lower. You say, why is that so? Well, because we know what the hell we're looking at!”

Facts Religion Flying

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Philosophical

“I have a multivolume history of the world from the 19th century that begins with Noah's flood as though it's as historical a fact as the rise and fall of Rome.”

Fall Historical Rome

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Motivated

“When you innovate, you create new industries that then boost your economy. And when you create new industries and that becomes part of your culture, your jobs can't go overseas because no one else has figured out how to do it yet.”

Jobs Culture Economy

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Philosophical

“As a citizen, as a public scientist, I can tell you that Einstein essentially overturned a so strongly established paradigm of science, whereas Darwin didn't really overturn a science paradigm.”

Citizens Scientist Paradigm

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Motivated

“We live in the kind of society where, in almost all cases, hard work is rewarded.”

Kind Hard Work Cases

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