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We are not simply in the universe, we are part of it. We are born from it. One might even say we have been empowered by the universe to figure itself out - and we have only just begun.

We are not simply in the universe, we are part of it. We are born from it. One might even say we have been empowered by the universe to figure itself out - and we have only just begun.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Might, Born, Figures
"The Greatest Story Ever Told". Neil deGrasse Tyson, Natural History Magazine, www.haydenplanetarium.org. March 1, 1998.

I try to show the public that chemistry, biology, physics, astrophysics is life. It is not some separate subject that you have to be pulled into a corner to be taught about.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Trying, Taught, Chemistry

We are in the universe and the universe is in us.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Universe
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I remain unconvinced that anything other than rapid decomposition is the fate of my body and mind after death.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Fate, Mind, Body
Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. November 13, 2011.

Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Children, Kids, Curiosity

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
Earth, Make Me Smile, Ends
"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Not enough of our society is trained how to understand and interpret quantitative information. This activity is a centerpiece of science literacy to which we should all strive-the future health, wealth, and security of our democracy depend on it. Until that is achieved, we are at risk of making under-informed decisions that affect ourselves, our communities, our country, and even the world.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Country, Future, Science
"Neil deGrasse Tyson Sounds The Alarm Over Science Illiteracy, And For Good Reason" By David Freeman, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 5, 2015.

So what is true for life itself is no less true for the universe: knowing where you came from is no less important than knowing where you are going.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Religious, Science, Knowing
Neil deGrasse Tyson (2007). “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries”, p.345, W. W. Norton & Company

Once you have an innovation culture, even those who are not scientists or engineers - poets, actors, journalists - they, as communities, embrace the meaning of what it is to be scientifically literate. They embrace the concept of an innovation culture. They vote in ways that promote it. They don't fight science and they don't fight technology.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Fighting, Technology, Community

Artificial selection turned the wolf into the shepherd, and the wild grasses into wheat and corn. In fact, almost every plant and animal that we eat today was bred from a wild, less edible ancestor. If artificial selection can work such profound changes in only ten or fifteen thousand years, what can natural selection do operating over billions of years? The answer is all the beauty and diversity of life.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Animal, Years, Profound

Do you realize that the 850 billion dollar bank bailout, that sum of money is greater than the entire 50 year running budget of NASA. And so when someone says, 'We don't have enough money for this space probe.' No, it's not that you don't have enough money. It's that the distribution of money that you're spending is warped in some way that you are removing the only thing that gives people something to dream about tomorrow.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Running, Dream, Future

I'm optimistic. I see no longer people accepting fuzzy thinking in the world. The change is not that people aren't still saying under-informed things. The change is that if you're in power and you say something under-informed, there are people out there with a voice who will take you to task for having done so

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Optimistic, Thinking, Bad Ass
"A Conversation about Communicating Science". "The Science Studio" with Roger Bingham, www.youtube.com. January 20, 2011.

Doing what has never been done before is intellectually seductive, whether or not we deem it practical.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Seductive, Done, Practicals

The moment when someone attaches you to a philosophy or a movement, then they assign all the baggage and all the rest of the philosophy that goes with it to you. And when you want to have a conversation, they will assert that they already know everything important there is to know about you because of that association. And that's not the way to have a conversation.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Philosophy, Important, Movement

But the moment the politicians start saying they are in denial of what the scientists are telling them, of what the consensus of scientific experiments demonstrates, that is the beginning of the end of an informed democracy.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Democracy, Denial, Moments

If the people of Comic-Con ruled the world...then tomorrow would be invented every day.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
People, Would Be, World

I love the smell of the universe in the morning.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Morning, Smell, Simple Life
Twitter post from Apr 05, 2013

Hunting for meteorites is like trying to find a pebble on miles of beach.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Beach, Hunting, Trying
Source: www.pbs.org

By the way, how much does NASA cost? It's half a penny on a dollar. Did you know that? ... The most powerful agency on the dreams of a nation is currently underfunded to do what it needs to be doing, and that's making dreams come true ... How much would you pay for the universe?

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Dream, Powerful, Agency

Revelation replaced investigation.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Revelations, Investigation, Replaced

Once something is answered, then there's another question. Hence the eternal quest.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Quests, Eternal
Source: collider.com

We are not figuratively, but literally stardust.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Stardust
"The Magic of Kanaz Forest of Creation" by Dominick Lombardi, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 21, 2017.

Some air you inhale was exhaled by Cleopatra.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Air, Mind Blowing, Mind
Twitter post from Jul 30, 2010

Last I checked, Bill Gates was worth $50 billion. If the average employed adult, who is walking in a hurry, will pick up a quarter from the sidewalk, but not a dime, then the corresponding amount of money given their relative wealth that Bill Gates would ignore if he saw it lying on the street is $25,000.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Lying, Science, Average
Neil deGrasse Tyson (2007). “Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries”, p.301, W. W. Norton & Company

A conspiracy theorist is a person who tacitly admits that they have insufficient data to prove their points. A conspiracy is a battle cry of a person with insufficient data.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Data, Battle, Cry

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