There are books on my shelf that I'm not into. They are things I don't know anything about yet. It's going to lead me off into a new place. The books don't represent an interest; they represent a source of my ignorance. Neil deGrasse Tyson More Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson More Quotes From Neil deGrasse Tyson I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people on the street and say: ‘Have you HEARD THIS? Neil deGrasse Tyson molecules cosmos people While the Copernican principle comes with no guarantees that it will forever guide us to cosmic truths, it's worked quite well so far: not only is Earth not in the center of the solar system, but the solar system is not in the center of the Milky Way galaxy, the Milky Way galaxy is not in the center of the universe, and it may come to pass that our universe is just one of many that comprise a multiverse. And in case you're one of those people who thinks that the edge may be a special place, we are not at the edge of anything either. Neil deGrasse Tyson guarantees-that science thinking America 2012: The Learning Channel has HoneyBooBoo, History Channel has PawnStars: and the Science Channel has PumpkinChunkin Neil deGrasse Tyson america The most successful people recognize that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. Neil deGrasse Tyson motivation successful people We are all connected to each other biologically, to the earth chemically and to the rest of the universe atomically. That's kinda cool! That makes me smile and I actually feel quite large at the end of that. It's not that we are better than the universe, we are part of the universe. We are in the universe and the universe is in us. Neil deGrasse Tyson make-me-smile ends earth In any case, the leading edge of our "on purpose" radio signals is 30 light-years away and, if intercepted, may mend the aliens' image of us based on the radio bubble of our television shows. But this will happen only if the aliens can somehow determine which type of signal comes closer to the truth of who we are, and what our cosmic identity deserves to be. Neil deGrasse Tyson light identity years There are as many atoms in each molecule of your DNA as there are stars in the typical galaxy. This is true for dogs, and bears, and every living thing. We are, each of us, a little universe. Neil deGrasse Tyson dna stars dog 'As a fraction of your tax dollar today, what is the total cost of all spaceborne telescopes, planetary probes, the rovers on Mars, the International Space Station, the space shuttle, telescopes yet to orbit, and missions yet to fly?' Answer: one-half of one percent of each tax dollar. Half a penny. I'd prefer it were more: perhaps two cents on the dollar. Even during the storied Apollo era, peak NASA spending amounted to little more than four cents on the tax dollar. Neil deGrasse Tyson bad-ass space two As religion is now practiced and science is now practiced, there is no intersection between the two. That is for certain. And it’s not for want of trying. Over the centuries, many people—theologians as well scientists - have tried to explore points of intersection. And anytime anyone has declared that harmony has risen up, it is the consequence of religion acquiescing to scientific discovery. In every single case. Neil deGrasse Tyson discovery two people As a citizen, as a public scientist, I can tell you that Einstein essentially overturned a so strongly established paradigm of science, whereas Darwin didn't really overturn a science paradigm. Neil deGrasse Tyson paradigm scientist citizens I can't tell you how many people say they were turned off from science because of a science teacher that completely sucked out all the inspiration and enthusiasm they had for the course. Neil deGrasse Tyson inspiration teacher people I am proud to be part of a species where a subset of its members willingly put their lives at risk to push the boundaries of our existence. Neil deGrasse Tyson risk proud boundaries In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you're surrounded by carnivores, one of the best strategies is to fade into the background and disappear. Neil deGrasse Tyson survival keys animal The last person I ever want working for me is someone who says 'that's not in my job description. Neil deGrasse Tyson design want jobs All Plutophiles are based in America. If you go to other countries, they have much less of an attachment to either the existence or preservation of Pluto as a planet. Neil deGrasse Tyson attachment country america We can trace the elements. They were forged in the centers of high-mass stars that went unstable at the ends of their lives, they exploded, scattered their enriched contents across the galaxy, sprinkled into gas clouds that then collapsed and formed stars and planets and life. Neil deGrasse Tyson stars clouds science If each dead person became a ghost, there'd be more than 100 billion of them haunting us all. Creepy, but cool. Neil deGrasse Tyson haunting mind-blowing creepy I have yet to see a successful prediction about the physical world that was inferred or extrapolated from the content of any religions document. Neil deGrasse Tyson predictions successful world There's an old saying in the space community: 'If God wanted us to be a spacefaring species, he would have given us a moon'. Neil deGrasse Tyson community space moon Today secular philosophers call that kind of divine invocation God of the gaps-which comes in handy, because there has never been a shortage of gaps in people's knowledge. Neil deGrasse Tyson gaps today people
