No one is saying you're possessed by the devil anymore except the most ignorant of people in modern culture. Neil deGrasse Tyson More Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson More Quotes From Neil deGrasse Tyson I think on some level, role models are overrated If you require a role model who looks just like you to be something you wanna be and you can't find one, is that a reason to not be what you wanna be? No! Neil deGrasse Tyson role-modelsrolesthinking You like to explore things, and your parents don't like it because it gets the pots and pans dirty, and because it's noisy - but for you it's fun, you're resting. You're actually doing experiments... Just tell your parents that they're experiments, and you want to become a scientist, and then they won't stop you from doing anything you want. Neil deGrasse Tyson parentfundirty Like no other science, astrophysics cross-pollinate s the expertise of chemists, biologists, geologists and physicists, all to discover the past, present, and future of the cosmos-and our humble place within it. Neil deGrasse Tyson humblesciencepast The limits on your enlightenment come not from the age you stopped going to school but from the age you stopped being curious. Neil deGrasse Tyson enlightenmentageschool Whether or not you can become great at something, you can always become better. Neil deGrasse Tyson You get to say that the Earth is flat because we live in a country that guarantees your free speech. But it's not a country that guarantees that anything you say is correct. Neil deGrasse Tyson guarantees-thatearthcountry Now imagine a world in which everyone, but especially people with power and influence, holds an expanded view of our place in the cosmos. With that perspective, our problems would shrink-or never arise at all-and we could celebrate our earthly differences while shunning the behavior of our predecessors who slaughtered each other because of them. Neil deGrasse Tyson perspectivedifferencesviews Relativity. Gravity. Quantum. Electrodynamics. Evolution. Each of these theories is true, whether or not you believe in them. Neil deGrasse Tyson atheismbelievereligion Chimpanzees are an evolutionary hair's-width from us.... Now imagine a species on Earth, or anywhere else, as smart compared with humans as humans are compared with chimpanzees. How much of the universe might they figure out? Neil deGrasse Tyson smarthairscience One of the things that fascinates me most is when people are so charmed by the universe that it becomes part of their artistic output. Neil deGrasse Tyson outputartisticpeople With automatic spell checkers running unleashed over what we compose, our era is that of correctly spelled typos. Neil deGrasse Tyson erasmind-blowingrunning Companies want to innovate. Companies that don't innovate wither on the vine. The connection between STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and the financial stability of a nation is what needs to established. Neil deGrasse Tyson engineeringconnectionstechnology Give a kid a book, and you change the world. In a way, even the universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson givingkidsbook There's no denying the public's appetite for cosmic discovery. Neil deGrasse Tyson appetitecosmicdiscovery Gamma rays are the sort of radiation you should avoid. Want proof? Just remember how the comic strip character "The Hulk" became big, green, and ugly. Neil deGrasse Tyson wantcharacterscience Your center of mass is a place you cannot visit but you always carry with you. Like memories, it is part of life's baggage. Neil deGrasse Tyson baggagememoriesscience In any city with lots of skyscrapers, lots of skyline, the moon seems bigger than it is. It's called the moon illusion. Neil deGrasse Tyson skylinesmooncities I have found that when calculating what no one has calculated before, like my observing sessions on the mountain, my mental acuity peaks. Ironically, these are the times that I would flunk the reality check normally reserved for mental patients and dazed boxers: What is your name? What day is it? Who is the president of the United States?... I do not know, and I do not care. I am at peace with my equations as I connect to the cosmic engines that drive our universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson presidentnamesreality 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 depressingperspectivethinking The history of exploration across nations and across time is not one where nations said, 'Let's explore because it's fun.' It was, 'Let's explore so that we can claim lands for our country, so that we can open up new trade routes; let's explore so we can become more powerful.' Neil deGrasse Tyson powerfulfuncountry
