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If you don't question you're stuck within a pre-existing parameters of knowledge. Questions are what take you outside of those parameters.

If you don't question you're stuck within a pre-existing parameters of knowledge. Questions are what take you outside of those parameters.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Stuck, Parameters, Ifs

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

The history of science shows that great mysteries get solved. It may be that there's an answer that humans are too stupid to understand. I'm intrigued by that possibility.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Stupid, Answers, May

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

When you're advancing a frontier it stimulates creativity to find solutions.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Creativity, Frontiers, Solutions

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

Some of us wake up in the morning and just wonder how it is any of us actually sustain a paid job.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Morning, Jobs, Wake Up

Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

I never volunteer to talk about god or religion, but people feel compelled to talk about it.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

People, Volunteer, Feels

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

There are countless space activities that would be no less exciting than the moon missions were, I have no doubt. The search for life on Mars, for example.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Moon, Space, Doubt

Source: www.foxnews.com

I wake up and I go to work. I don't look for the cup of coffee. The universe is enough of a draw for me - to awaken me and have me bound out of bed and go to my office.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Coffee, Office, Wake Up

Source: www.esquire.com

A supernova is one of the most powerful explosions in the universe. It's so luminous, it can be seen across billions of light years. It releases as much energy in an instant as our sun will produce over its 10-billion-year lifetime.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Powerful, Light, Years

Source: www.pbs.org

I don't need my name anywhere.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Names, Needs

Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

I'm not writing for myself. I'm writing as an educator, I'm writing to stimulate others.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Writing, Educator

Any astrophysicist does not feel small looking up at the universe; we feel large.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Doe, Feels, Universe

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

The trend lines in research and innovation look good for places such as India and China and less good for America as we go forward. So even if you're not enchanted by the prospect of cosmic discovery, the prospect of dying poor may be what it takes to understand the role of this adventure in the future of the natural world in which we live.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Adventure, America, Discovery

Source: www.foxnews.com

While I'm a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it's the real universe that calls to me. To fall into a black hole, that is more amazing than anything I've ever read in a science-fiction story.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Real, Fall, Fiction Stories

Source: www.denofgeek.com