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Neil deGrasse Tyson is a world-renowned astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. He first became interested in astronomy at the age of nine after reading “The Nine Planets” by his lifelong hero and inspiration, Carl Sagan.
He has hosted a number of TV shows on the National Geographic Channel and the FOX TV network, including “Cosmos” and “StarTalk.” He is also a published author, with his latest book being “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.” He has authored nine books in total.
Tyson has received many awards, including NASA’s Distinguished Public Service Medal and the 2017 National Science Board’s Vannevar Bush Award for his contributions to science education.
Following are see some of his best quotes to give you that boost of confidence and get you back on the path to achieving your goals.
37 Neil Degrasse Tyson Quotes To Make Your Thinking Big
“The only way you can invent tomorrow is if you break out of the enclosure that the school system has provided for you by the exams written by people who are trained in another generation.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“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.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“There’s no shame in admitting what you don’t know. The only shame is pretending you know all the answers.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That’s a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don’t know what you’re doing.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Do you realize that if you fall into a black hole, you will see the entire future of the universe unfold in front of you in a matter of moments and you will emerge into another space-time created by the singularity of the black hole you just fell into?” Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Humans aren’t as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were ‘reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.’” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“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.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just one big natural disaster to wipe all that away and remind us that, here on Earth, we’re still at the mercy of nature.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Scientific inquiry shouldn’t stop just because a reasonable explanation has apparently been found.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Rational thoughts never drive people’s creativity the way emotions do.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“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.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Every living thing is a masterpiece.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“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.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I have a personal philosophy in life: If somebody else can do something that I’m doing, they should do it. And what I want to do is find things that would represent a unique contribution to the world — the contribution that only I, and my portfolio of talents, can make happen. Those are my priorities in life.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“There is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Creativity is seeing what everyone else sees, but then thinking a new thought that has never been thought before and expressing it somehow.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.” ― Neil deGrasse
“We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The universe is almost 14 billion years old, and, wow! Life had no problem starting here on Earth! I think it would be inexcusably egocentric of us to suggest that we’re alone in the universe.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“When students cheat on exams, it’s because our school system values grades more than Students value learning.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Knowing where you came from is no less important than knowing where you are going.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“A little known secret is that a physicist is one of the most employable people in the marketplace — a physicist is a trained problem solver. How many times have you heard a person in a workplace say, ‘I wasn’t trained for this!’ That’s an impossible reaction from a physicist, who would say, instead, ‘Cool.’”
“When students cheat on exams it’s because our school system values grades more than students value learning.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Passion is what gets you through the hardest times that might otherwise make strong men weak, or make you give up.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
I don’t know of any deeper spiritual feeling than what that brings upon me.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The most creative people are motivated by the grandest of problems that are presented before them.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Not only do we live among the stars, the stars live within us.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“If you want to assert a truth, first make sure it’s not just an opinion that you desperately want to be true.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“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.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Those who see the cosmic perspective as a depressing outlook, they really need to reassess how they think about the world. Because when I look up in the universe, I know I’m small but I’m also big. I’m big because I’m connected to the universe, and the universe is connected to me.” ― Neil deGrasse Tyson
