Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes (83 quotes)

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„The most creative people are motivated by the grandest of problems that are presented before them.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„People generally don't recognize how long it takes to conceive, publish, and write a book.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„When everyone agrees to a single solution and a single plan, there's nothing more efficient in the world than an efficient democracy.“
Picture of quotation author 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.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„No one wants to die, and no one wants to die poor. These are the two fundamental truths that transcend culture, they transcend politics, they transcend economic cycles.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„The supermoon is a 16-inch pizza compared with a 15-inch pizza. It's a slightly bigger moon; I ain't using the adjective 'supermoon.'“
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„Big ideas, big ambitious projects need to be embedded within culture at a level deeper than the political winds. It needs to be deeper than the economic fluctuations that could turn people against an expensive project because they're on an unemployment line and can't feed their families.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„All the nine-planet people out there: Get over it. There's eight.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„If you're a scientist, and you have to have an answer, even in the absence of data, you're not going to be a good scientist.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any future a country might dream for itself.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„Fortunately, there's another handy driver that has manifested itself throughout the history of cultures. The urge to want to gain wealth. That is almost as potent a driver as the urge to maintain your security. And that is how I view NASA going forward - as an investment in our economy.“
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„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.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„When you put money directly to a problem, it makes a good headline. It makes a good campaign slogan. You get to claim that you've engaged in these activities within an election cycle. But certain investments take longer than an election cycle.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„Stephen Hawking's been watching too many Hollywood movies. I think the only kind aliens in Hollywood are the ones created by Steven Spielberg - 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' and 'E.T.,' for example. All other aliens are trying to suck our brains out.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„All of the full moons for the entire year are special in that they have particular names.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„The only driver stronger than an economic argument to do something is the war argument, the I-don't-want-to-die argument.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„Most gravity has no known origin. Is it some exotic particle? Nobody knows. Is dark energy responsible for expansion of the universe? Nobody knows.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„The need to create a new taxonomy that isn't just applying to our own solar system will become so evident and apparent that something will come out of it. I'm sure of it, even if it's not tomorrow.“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„As an American, I grew up in an era where we led the world in everything. Everything!“
Picture of quotation author Neil deGrasse Tyson
„I was born the same week NASA was founded, so we're the same age and feel some of the same pains, joys, and frustrations.“

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Neil deGrasse Tyson
Author born: October 05, 1958
Nationality: American
Author Profession: Scientist

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