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Newton came up with Newton's laws of motion and gravity. They worked. They were working.

Newton came up with Newton's laws of motion and gravity. They worked. They were working.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Law, Newton, Gravity
Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

I'm a little fatigued of adults saying we've got to worry about the kids. And these are the same adults that don't know science and are running things and wielding resources and legislation.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Running, Kids, Worry
"Q&a: Neil Degrasse Tyson Talks 'Cosmos,' Dark Energy and Seth Macfarlane". Fox Conference Call Interview, gazette.com. March 05, 2014.

The greatest teachers are the ones that turn a B student into an A student, or a failing student into a B student.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Teacher, Students, Failing
"Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains Why The Cosmos Shouldn't Make You Feel Small". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. February 27, 2014.

If we want to unlock the secret behind the origin of our sun and its planets, it would be helpful to find some remnants from the birth itself, an event that took place about four-and-a-half-billion years ago.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Years, Secret, Events
Source: www.pbs.org

The value of the space program is beyond science, it's beyond military; it's a cultural shift in how we think of our place in the universe.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Military, Thinking, Space
Source: blog.sfgate.com

I'd go back and hang out with Isaac Newton. I'm torn between do I hang out with him or do I bring him into the present to hang out with me. See, that might be terrifying because his head will just explode once he sees everything that was derived from his discoveries, but I'd spend more time with someone who I think is one of the most brilliant minds our species has ever known.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Thinking, Discovery, Mind
"A Sense of Wonder: Neil deGrasse Tyson and Ann Druyan on Cosmos: A Spacetime Journey!". Interview with bloggers and journalists, eclipsemagazine.com. June 08, 2014.

We account for all the matter and energy that we're familiar with, measure up how much gravity it should have, it's one-sixth of the gravity that's actually operating on the universe. We call that dark matter. It really should be called dark gravity. We don't know what that is.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Dark, Should Have, Matter
"Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains Why The Cosmos Shouldn't Make You Feel Small". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. February 27, 2014.

These are two different exercises. One of them is, "You don't know and I know, so just shut up and listen," and the other one is, you're curious and you're learning, and I have a way where you can learn this so you'll know it as well. And when you know it, and know why you know it, then you don't have to reference me ever again because you take ownership of the knowledge, and you can then share it with someone else.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Exercise, Different, Shut Up
Source: www.complex.com

It would be great if we were on multiple planets, but I think that's unrealistic. Hawking says we have to be on multiple planets so an asteroid could come and you'd still have some humans left. It's a nice idea. It satisfies the multiple-eggs-in-multiple-baskets concept.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Nice, Thinking, Eggs
"Why Revive ‘Cosmos?’ Neil DeGrasse Tyson Says Just About Everything We Know Has Changed". Interview With David Freeman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2014.

A successful day for me is when I teach people something. They become enlightened by an idea and learn how to think about it, so that later on when someone says, "Tell me about x, y, z," they don't have to say, "I know this because Tyson told me." No, they'll say, "Here's why it's true because I know and understand it."

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Successful, Thinking, Ideas
Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Miniaturization of electronics started by NASA's push became an entire consumer products industry. Now we're carrying the complete works of Beethoven on a lapel pin listening to it in headphones.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Listening, Electronics, Nasa
Source: www.pbs.org

No doubt, the most challenging class of questions in science is the origin of things.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Class, Challenges, Doubt
Source: www.pbs.org

Since life on Earth is, so far, the only known example of life in the universe, our dilemma may simply be that we have no other examples to compare us with. If we did, then the life/non-life transition might look downright simple to us.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Simple, Example, Transition
Source: www.pbs.org

Our history, in the cosmos and on planet Earth, was shaped by countless events, some obviously epic, some seemingly trivial, yet all vital in getting us to this point, here and now, the people we are today.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Epic, People, Events
Source: www.pbs.org

I recognize that there's an appetite that I'm now serving, and I'm happy to do so. I think it means quite a bit that science has achieved this level of public interest and access. And so I'm simultaneously astonished every day upon recognizing this, and I think it's a good sign for the country and possibly for the world.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Country, Mean, Thinking
Source: www.chicagotribune.com

You innovate in ways that stoke your economy. Because innovations in science and technology are the engines of 21st century economies.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Technology, Innovation, Way
"Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Writing, Mars, Curiosity, and the Higgs Boson". Interview With Sandra Kitt, aalbc.com. January 1, 2013.

When NASA makes discoveries they are profound and they make headlines, everyone takes notice. It drives dialogue and, today, it would drive the blogosphere. It would drive the projects the kids do in school. So you wouldn't even need programs to try and stimulate curiosity. You wouldn't need programs to try to convince people that science literacy is good. Because they're going to want to participate on this epic adventure that we call space exploration.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
School, Adventure, Kids

Evil or not, the recording industry kept Auto-Tune on the down-low. Cher's producer forced Auto-Tune to jump suddenly from one pitch to the next.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Evil, Producers
Source: www.pbs.org

I like seeing how people have succeeded when others would have presumed they would have failed, and others just go along with whatever everyone else does.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
People, Doe, Seeing
Source: bookriot.com

As an educator, I think educators should meet the people wherever they are. Don't even ask them to come half-way. Find them where they are, and sit on a couch with them.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Thinking, People, Half
Source: collider.com

There's nothing a teacher likes better than ten minute videos. It's not the whole class, but it's not too short, it's enough to wrap a lesson plan around.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Teacher, Class, Lessons

If we're going to affect policy, or affect attitudes, for me, the adults have always been the target population.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Attitude, Adults, Population
Source: www.avclub.com

We only went to the moon for military reasons. The space enthusiasts of the day kept saying, "Oh, we're on the moon; we should be on Mars in ten years." That's if it was driven by exploration, but it's never been driven by exploration.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Military, Moon, Years
Source: blog.sfgate.com

Curiosity is missing. Curiosity in particular is something that the system, not only the educational system but, the parental... what you do as a parent at home.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Educational, Home, Parent
"Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Writing, Mars, Curiosity, and the Higgs Boson". Interview with Sandra Kitt, aalbc.com. January 1, 2013.

Curiosity is unknown. All adults were once kids and once curious, but as adults you don't remember that and you see curiosity when it's expressed in children as a pathway to household disaster. They're simply exploring their environment, manifesting their curiosity. So what you need to do is create an environment where curiosity is rewarded rather than punished, or thwarted.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Children, Kids, Curiosity
"Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Writing, Mars, Curiosity, and the Higgs Boson". Interview with Sandra Kitt, aalbc.com. January 1, 2013.

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