Neil deGrasse Tyson

"The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most succe…"

"We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically."

"... the anatomy of a sound bite is—it's gotta be interesting. And it's gotta be tasty. It should also be a little bit fun to hear ... so that you smile. And it's gotta have enough of all that to want …"

"There are street artists. Street musicians. Street actors. But there are no street physicists. A little known secret is that a physicist is one of the most employable people in the marketplace - a phy…"

"No matter who you are, engaging in the quest to discover where and how things began tends to induce emotional fervor—as if knowing the beginning bestows upon you some form of fellowship with, or perha…"

"I could just tell you it's all bunk; but then you wouldn't be empowered to understand why. Other than to quote, "Oh, Doctor Tyson said..." And I never want you to quote me citing my authority as a sci…"

"My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer."

"Cosmologists have plenty of ego. How could you not when your job is to deduce what brought the universe into existence?"