Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.

As a species, we've always been discoverers and adventurers, and space and the deep ocean are some of the last frontiers.

I think it's in our nature to try to get beyond that next horizon. I think that when we, as a species, are scratching that itch, we're actually following an evolutionary compulsion that is wired into us. I think good things come of it.

I think the curiosity of mankind, that we want something unknown. Like, 500 years ago, humankind wanted to know what the other side of the ocean is, and it was a very risky project, and then we decided that probably we can fly; let's fly higher. And now we're flying space station, and still it's not enough for us: we want to know what's beyond.

We need people pushing the boundaries. Exploration is what we, as humans, do.

The day we stop exploring is the day we commit ourselves to live in a stagnant world, devoid of curiosity, empty of dreams.

I like that about human nature, that people are always striving to do better, and find something new.

... the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by those who moved forward, and so will space.

How often do our heroes stand still? It's hard to imagine Spock and Kirk landing on a planet and just relaxing for a month or two. Just hanging out has nothing to do with boldly going where no one has gone before. What makes us different from every other creature is that we go places, places we've not gone before. We do it willingly, and often. What makes our work and our life interesting is discovery, surprise, and the risk of exploration.

I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one.

Science is the greatest of all adventure stories, one that's been unfolding for thousands of years as we have sought to understand ourselves and our surroundings.

We should be pushing our boundaries. After all, we Britons are explorers and adventurers.

Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

As we gain more knowledge about materials and processes in the universe, that could open up benefits that we can't even imagine. But you have to be willing to fund science without knowledge of the benefits.

Perhaps the spirit of adventure, be it mental or material adventure, is a factor so essential in human progress that no emphasis of it is undue.

If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.

I'm always pursuing the next dream, hunting for the next truth.

Science is our last and greatest frontier.

I have always been more interested in experiment, than in accomplishment.

You'll find the future wherever people are having the most fun.

The real prize is finding something new out there.

I'm always trying to think of things we haven't done.

If people like Edison had waited to make every - or Ben Franklin or some of those people had waited to solve every problem on Earth before they did their research or before they were curious about doing something new, we'd never have made a lot of the progress we have.

I believe in the imperative to explore, so any project that I can be involved with that celebrates that, and expands people's imagination around that idea of pushing out, is one of the most positive things that I think I could be involved with.