“The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.”
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.”
“We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.”
“Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us.”
“Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.”
“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.”
“Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.”
“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.”
“When students cheat on exams it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.”
“Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.”
“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.”
“Follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything.”
“Science reveals that all life on Earth is one.”
“Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.”
“We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.”
“Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program.”
“To learn more about science, turn off your electronic device and go outside and look around a bit. Nature is calling you. Go on. The internet will still be here.”
“I think of space not as the final frontier but as the next frontier. Not as something to be conquered but to be explored.”
“If you’re scientifically literate, the world looks very different to you, and that understanding empowers you.”
“The remarkable feature of physical laws is that they apply everywhere, whether or not you choose to believe in them. After the laws of physics, everything else is opinion.”
“There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.”
“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.”
“We are not figuratively, but literally Stardust.”
“I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people’s politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.”
“Photography is a form of time travel.”
“Pretending to know everything closes the door to finding out what’s really there.”
“If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.”
“As areas of knowledge grow, so too do the perimeters of ignorance.”
“The day we stop exploring is the day we commit ourselves to live in a stagnant world, devoid of curiosity, empty of dreams.”
“Science literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance.”
“When you are a hammer, all of your problems will look like nails to you.”
“One thing in life is for certain, the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.”
“If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it’s not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true.”
“Relativity. Gravity. Quantum. Electrodynamics. Evolution. Each of these theories is true, whether or not you believe in them.”
“All information is good, even when it is bad.”
“Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.”
“If we have the power to turn another planet into Earth, then we have the power to turn Earth back into Earth.”
“Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand.”
“I think the best thing a parent can do, when raising a child, is simply get out of their way.”
“Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.”
“On this day long ago, a child was born who, by age 30, would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton b. Dec 25, 1642.”
“It’s my duty to enlighten people.”
“When we try to look farther into the universe we come to what appears to be the end of space but actually it’s the beginning of time.”
“Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small.”
“In life and in the universe it’s always best to keep looking up.”
“The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation.”
“Give a kid a book, and you change the world. In a way, even the universe.”
“Science is like an inoculation against charlatans who would have you believe whatever it is they tell you.”
“Science is a way of equipping yourself with the tools to interpret what happens in front of you.”
“Not only are we in the universe, the universe is in us. I don’t know of any deeper spiritual feeling than what that brings upon me.”
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