Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

I'm the prime example of it; think about it, you know. My whole career has blown up by genuine people power.

Report uttered by the people is everywhere a great power.

People are people. All that celebrity tagging doesn't bother me at all.

I'm like a big kid. But it's not like a called myself the Instagram King. I put up what people want to see and that just happened.

I got my Gucci nails done for a photo shoot. After the shoot I would be on Snapchat and Instagram​ and everybody was hitting​ me up about i​t.​ ​Eventually that turned into kids sending me photos of them getting Gucci nails.

I have never been attracted to increasing my popularity or hireability by being on Instagram.

There are some athletes who I feel like are just looking for likes, and then there are people who are just real.

I be wearing my own merch outside, trying to get more famous.

If you have a huge following, you should be sharing a little bit about reality. And reality is not just about lip gloss for me.

It's really weird, people love filming, they love being on camera.

Social media puts reciprocity on steroids because now you can reach more people in more ways to do more things for them faster and at lower expense. Positive word about your reciprocity can spread faster than ever.

If something's true and sincere, it happens regardless of marketing. The more I talk about it, the more I'm telling people how they should react. And that is an asshole.

When you've got something really good, you don't have to force it on people. They will steal it!

It's a very organic kind of way that people are discovering it, by word of mouth, which I always think is the best way for things to grow. In terms of the affect it's been having on me, I don't even notice that. It's lovely to be able to talk about a piece of work that you're very proud of, that I think's a complex piece of work and not superficial and has depth to it.

People just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.

To be an influencer, you have to love people before you can try to lead them.

Get good live and get a following because that's what people notice.

I'm not in the business to promote myself. I'll happily promote the show that I worked so hard on - that's fine. But I feel like there's a shamelessness about promoting yourself now that I'm really uncomfortable with. People will say, "Look at me being so peaceful on this hike," but you're absolutely not being peaceful, you're focused on looking good because you're getting your picture taken.

Steven Soderbergh really likes Irréversible, that's about all I can tell you. About the making, well, it was a very particular situation, because those people all know each other, and they're all big stars. I felt like the little French guy, really. And I was very flattered to be called on that, of course, but I felt like if I didn't find something to be a little original, different, particular in the movie, I would just disappear.

I make films, and I hope that people come to see them. If they don't, I pay a big price. But I can't make decisions where I would change my own standards or my own taste in order to court the public in some way.

I've always loved so many different things about social media and music and art and fashion. I always loved it. But I've been too scared to jump into it, knowing that people would be upset about it. So that's why I hid from it. And now, I'm not afraid to be myself.

When people call something "original," 9 out of 10 times they just don't know the references or original sources involved.

A pleasing personality helps you win friends and influence people. Add character to that formula, and keep those friends and maintain that influence.

It's a real message. Snapchat has put an antenna [on me] and the whole world has got to see me. You either like it or you don't. I've been blessed with people that like it. Again, I'm just being me. The key is to always be you. That's the key.

People don't believe what you tell them. They rarely believe what you show them. They often believe what their friends tell them. They always believe what they tell themselves.