Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

I think the reason people are dealing with science less well now than 50 years ago is that it has become so complicated.

The decline in funding for the physical sciences has put our Nation's capabilities for scientific innovation at risk.

In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.

I do hope that 'Interstellar' and this kind of science in film will catch the public fancy and help to reignite an interest in science - and a respect for the power of science in dealing with the problems that society has to deal with.

Science is far from the center of the world for most people: even for many with highly sophisticated tastes, interests, and accomplishments.

Throughout history, when societies have been faced with big challenges, they've put their best people on them. During the Space Race, American and Russian scientists, engineers, astronauts and cosmonauts pushed the bounds of what was possible and landed men on the moon.

It takes years to realize the multiple benefits of science; without adequate, sustained funding for research, the careers of many bright, young scientists may come to a screeching halt.

After World War II, scientific research in the U.S. was well supported. In the 1960s, when I came to America, the sky was the limit, and this conducive atmosphere enabled many of us to pursue esoteric research that resulted in America winning the lion's share of Nobel Prizes.

Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will hold, but the country that they must rely on for support and encouragement.

The government needs good science, and I’m not willing to abdicate the role of advising the Administration and Congress on [science] policy.

In order for the United States to do the right things for the long term, it appears to be helpful for us to have the prospect of humiliation. Sputnik helped us fund good science - really good science: the semiconductor came out of it.

The decline of particle physics in the U.S. is really a symptom of the erratic and sometimes anti-scientific attitudes in Washington and the incompetence of Congress in managing science.

Everyone who's rational should have an interest in science. The future of our planet depends on our understanding of science... It's something I value immensely.

But now I've got a young son and his interest is in science and now when I talk to him, I see that in the science sphere of our lives there is new, there is progress.

Innovations in science and technology are the engines of the 21st-century economy; if you care about the wealth and health of your nation tomorrow, then you'd better rethink how you allocate taxes to fund science. The federal budget needs to recognize this.

Absolutely the United States should lead in space, for the survival of the United States. It's inspiring for the next generation. If we lose leadership, then we'll be using Chinese capability to inspire Americans.

When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves.

If I could snap my fingers and do one thing in science, I would get more funding for basic science. But the level of funding that needs to be done is not on the order of millions, like the cost of the Breakthrough Prizes. It's billions to tens of billions.

American greatness was elevated significantly after Sputnik.

I think you know that I classify science as British science, American science, and everybody else.

I don't know how you overcome the dearth of scientists in the government positions.

I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known.

Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool - and how important - their work really is.

The time has come when scientific truth must cease to be the property of the few, when it must be woven into the common life of the world.

There is no question but … science is the weakest in the lands of Islam. The dangers of this weakness cannot be overemphasized since honorable survival of a society depends directly on strength in science and technology …