Quotes by Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Earth is just a speck of dust in the universe. But a very precious speck of dust, and for now our only home.

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Two principles guide me in life: to know more about the world every day than the day before, and to reduce the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far you can go with these.

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Inspired students continue learning on their own. This is what separates true achievers from those who pedal just to complete a task at a time.

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The best teachers are those who can inspire their students with their passion for the subject matter.

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The more I learn about the universe, the less convinced I am that any kind of benevolent force has anything to do with it.

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There is no shame in not knowing something. The problem is when irrational thoughts fill the vacuum of ignorance.

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It's strange that we spend more time congratulating those who succeed than encouraging those who don't.

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We all belong together; to each other biologically. To Earth chemically. Atomically to everything else in the Universe.

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The good thing about science is that it is true whether you believe it or not.

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No one is forcing the Universe to be comprehensible.

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Ignorance is a virus. When it starts to spread, it can only be cured by reason. For the sake of humanity, we must be this medicine.

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There is a passage in the Bible that says, "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth." I've had the idea for a long time that this is actually the result of a mistranslation. Actually, maybe they didn't mean tame, but silicon.

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Science is a philosophy of discovery. Intelligent design is that of ignorance.

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If students cheat on exams, it's because our school system values ​​grades more than students value learning.

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One morning, when you want to think about something new while eating, it is worth considering the fact that your children sitting across the table are not who they once were, about 3 nanoseconds earlier.

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Doing something that no one has done before is intellectually tempting, even if it is impractical.

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Sometimes the best poems reveal the beauty in the simple things that the reader previously took for granted.

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If you need to cite your academic qualifications or work to get people to believe you, you need better arguments.

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Scientific research cannot stop just because a reasonable explanation appears to have been found.

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If you can think properly, you will go much further than those who only know what to think.