I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day.

- Neil Degrasse Tyson

The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.

- Neil Degrasse Tyson

Need a distraction today? Not only does 12 + 1 = 11 + 2, but the letters "twelve plus one" rearrange to give you "eleven plus two."

- Neil Degrasse Tyson

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

- Neil Degrasse Tyson

Scientific literacy is an intellectual vaccine against the claims of charlatans who would exploit ignorance.

- Neil Degrasse Tyson

If the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it.

- Neil Degrasse Tyson

Science is not there for you to cherry pick ... You can decide whether or not to believe in it but that doesn’t change the reality of an emergent sci…

- Neil Degrasse Tyson

Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.

- Neil Degrasse Tyson

In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world.

- Neil Degrasse Tyson