Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme.

The Theory of Evolution has been proved true

The theory of evolution, like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact.

Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. It is also the most meaningful creation story that humans have ever found.

...evolution is not a religious tenet, to which one swears allegiance or belief as a matter of faith.. It is a factual reality of the empirical world. Just as one would not say 'I believe in gravity," one should not proclaim 'I believe in evolution.

Most Americans have their head in the sand about evolution.

A curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it.

The Darwinian theory is in principle capable of explaining life. No other theory that has ever been suggested is in principle capable of explaining life.

The first and most important reason for its elimination is the unquestioned fact that evolution is not a science; it is a hypothesis only, a speculation.

Evolution, as such, is no longer a theory for a modern author. It is as much a fact as that the earth revolves around the sun.

The theory of evolution is quite rightly called the greatest unifying theory in biology. The diversity of organisms, similarities and differ- ences between kinds of organisms, patterns of distribution and behavior, adaptation and interaction, all this was merely a bewildering chaos of facts until given meaning by the evolutionary theory.

Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.

The evolution of life, and the evolutionary origin of mankind, are scientifically established as firmly and completely as any historical event not witnessed by human observers. Any concession to anti-evolutionists, suggesting that there are scientific reasons to doubt the facticity of evolution, would be propagating a plain untruth.

Evolution is as much a fact as the heat of the sun.

I doubt evolution is real.

The evolution theory is purely the product of the imagination.

The theory [of evolution] is a scientific mistake.

Although God believers don't need evolution to be false, atheists need evolution to be true.

Evolution is a very, very important idea. It is the explanation for all of life - a stunningly simple, yet powerful explanation. If you think about it, before Darwin, we hadn't the foggiest idea of how we came into being. Now we do. It's still such an exciting idea that it is well worth everybody understanding it.

Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science - in all of biology.

Evolution is one of the two or three most primally fascinating subjects in all the sciences.

Fresh knowledge leads to recognition of the theory of evolution as more than just a hypothesis.

You cannot be both sane and well educated and disbelieve in evolution. The evidence is so strong that any sane, educated person has got to believe in evolution.

The Theory of Evolution has had over a million chances to be wrong, but never has been.

We have politicians running for office—for school boards—in parts of the country who are denying the fundamental principle of biology. They are trying to equate the fact that Evolution is a theory with the idea that Evolution might not be true…. The teaching of Evolution should not be a political issue…. Evolution was discovered, not invented.