Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

The history of economic growth is the history of people making more with less and shifting into new jobs that were unheard of in the previous generation.

I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.

I'm very pro-science and pro-technology; I believe that these have been key drivers of progress in the world in the last centuries.

Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.

People want development. Not everyone knows what it means. Same as jobs. Not everyone knows what a job is, but people want jobs.

Looking at what has already been accomplished, some find it difficult to conceive that this flood of discoveries and improvements is still to maintain its progress, and even exhibit a swelling tide .... These apprehensions, it is plain, are not to be fulfilled in our day. At no time have there been more decisive indications that every step that is taken in this field ... does but open new scenes to explore and prepares the way for new triumphs.

Science is inextricably linked to our economy. It has been for the last 50 years and it will be for the next 50 years.

Who brings tomorrow into the present if not the scientists, technicians and engineers?

The greatest of the changes that science has brought is the acuity of change; the greatest novelty the extent of novelty.

The intelligent use of science and technology are the tools with which to achieve a new direction.

The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.

For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.

When I see how fast technology is advancing, my mind thinks of evolution and how organisms also have to evolve or adapt in order to, in their case, survive.

History has repeatedly shown that when a new method or material becomes available, new uses for it arise.

Science is the key to our future, and if you don't believe in science, then you're holding everybody back.

The main target for the next years should be growth and job creation.

It really matters whether people are working on generating clean energy or improving transportation or making the Internet work better and all those things. And small groups of people can have a really huge impact.

Technology is fascinating.

It was a case of the technology catching up with the problem.

The pioneer spirit is still vigorous within this nation. Science offers a largely unexplored hinterland for the pioneer who has the tools for his task. The rewards of such exploration both for the Nation and the individual are great. Scientific progress is one essential key to our security as a nation, to our better health, to more jobs, to higher standard of living, and to our cultural progress.

In a world being transformed by technology, good science is vital to good diplomacy.

Driven by globalization and technology our country and our economy is becoming different every day.

Invention breeds invention.

Science is the engine that drives the economy and drives national defense.

We discuss the potential drawbacks of genetic testing or genetic modification of crops. We do not discuss the suffering and environmental damage that will be caused by holding back innovation…. The debate is unbalanced here because it is complacent about the imperfect present.