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226 quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson (/ˈniːəl dəˈɡræs ˈtaɪsən/; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space. The center is part of the American Museum of Natural History, where Tyson has been a research associate in the department of astrophysics since 2003. Born in Manhattan, New York...
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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... →

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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... →

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Once you have an innovation culture, even those who are not scientists or engineers - poets, actors, journalists - they, as communities, embrace the... →

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We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.

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Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.

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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... →

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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... →

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Any time scientists disagree, it's because we have insufficient data. Then we can agree on what kind of data to get; we get the data; and the... →

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Perhaps we've never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon Earth and decided there's no sign of intelligent life.

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To make any future that we dreamt up real requires creative scientists, engineers, and technologists to make it happen. If people are not within your... →

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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... →

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If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.

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Everything we do, every thought we've ever had, is produced by the human brain. But exactly how it operates remains one of the biggest unsolved... →

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