If there's something that someone else can do, let them do it. If I couldn't do it uniquely, let someone else do it and I would get back to the lab. Neil deGrasse Tyson More Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson More Quotes From Neil deGrasse Tyson We fail in even the simplest of all scientific observations-nobody looks up anymore. Neil deGrasse Tyson literacy science looks I want and need the artist to take me to new places, and the new place that Van Gogh took me not the sky as it is but the sky as he felt it. And the more of us that feel the universe, the better off we will be in this world. Neil deGrasse Tyson artist want sky There is no greater education than one that is self-driven. Neil deGrasse Tyson driven greater self What's up with chicks and science? Neil deGrasse Tyson chicks The greatest explorer of recent decades is not even human. Neil deGrasse Tyson explorers decades humans If your ego starts out, "I am important, I am big, I am special," you're in for some disappointments when you look around at what we've discovered about the universe. No, you're not big. No, you're not. You're small in time and in space. And you have this frail vessel called the human body that's limited on Earth. Neil deGrasse Tyson special-you space disappointment Scientific literacy is an intellectual vaccine against the claims of charlatans who would exploit ignorance. Neil deGrasse Tyson vaccines ignorance intellectual All information is good, even when it is bad. Neil deGrasse Tyson information Science is like an inoculation against charlatans who would have you believe whatever it is they tell you. Neil deGrasse Tyson charlatans believe The more of us that feel the universe, the better off we will be in this world. Neil deGrasse Tyson better-off feels world Merry Christmas to all. A Pagan holiday (BC) becomes a Religious holiday (AD). Which then becomes a Shopping holiday (USA). Neil deGrasse Tyson merry-christmas holiday religious On some issues, I'm a staunch Conservative — like curtailing greenhouse gas emissions so that we can Conserve the environment. Neil deGrasse Tyson issues conservative environment WhenIWasYourAge: People were never "living with their disease." We cured them. Or they died from it. Neil deGrasse Tyson medical disease people WhenIWasYourAge: It took a week to learn whether your photos came out okay. Neil deGrasse Tyson okay week photography WhenIWasYourAge: We had to open all doors by ourselves. None of them knew we were coming. Neil deGrasse Tyson technology doors I don't want people to say, 'Something is true because Tyson says it is true.' That's not critical thinking. Neil deGrasse Tyson want people thinking Science reveals that all life on Earth is one. Neil deGrasse Tyson earth If a scientist is not befuddled by what they're looking at, then they're not a research scientist. Neil deGrasse Tyson scientist research ifs Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig. Neil deGrasse Tyson fog christmas light Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite ‘telescope envy’ at gatherings of amateur astronomers. Neil deGrasse Tyson envy gathering doe