Neil deGrasse
Neil deGrasse
kids focus mind-blowing
Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.
dumb curious
No one is dumb who is curious.
dream curiosity world
The day we stop exploring is the day we commit ourselves to live in a stagnant world, devoid of curiosity, empty of dreams.
religious science knowing
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.
want followers realizing
I don't even understand why I have 1.7 million Twitter followers. Every day, I want to remind them and say, "Do you realize I'm an astrophysicist? Do you know what you're doing here?"
ocean air suffering
If Earth ever suffers a runaway greenhouse effect (like what has happened on Venus), then our atmosphere would trap excess amounts of solar energy, the air temperature would rise, and the oceans would swiftly evaporate into the atmosphere as they sustained a rolling boil. This would be bad.
bad-ass land leader
If an alien lands on your front lawn and extends an appendage as a gesture of greeting, before you get friendly, toss it an eightball. If the appendage explodes, then the alien was probably made of antimatter. If not, then you can proceed to take it to your leader.
routine physics prophecy
Physics is the only profession in which prophecy is not only accurate but routine.
discovery people creative
Only when creative people take ownership of cosmic discovery will society accept science as the cultural activity that it is.
hard-work thinking people
I want to encourage people to not think in terms of gifts, but think in terms of, wow. You work hard to succeed at that, because that's exactly what I do.
expectations would-be overcoming
When I needed to overcome the low expectations of others or the bias that would be expressed in one circumstance or another, I'd keep on keeping on. And I climb over the obstacle, go around it, dig under it, fly over it. That's what kept me going. Otherwise I would have never been an astrophysicist.
earth
Science reveals that all life on Earth is one.
gravity percent knows
85 percent of the gravity of the universe has a point of origin about which we know nothing.
inquiry found explanation
Scientific inquiry shouldn't stop just because a reasonable explanation has apparently been found.