Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

Brains are an asset to the woman in love who's smart enough to hide 'em.

What if she figures out you're not very smart?

Brain so good could've sworn you went to college

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

Everyone's brain works in a different way. I didn't feel smart in school; I just didn't get it. I thought I was an idiot. Until I got out.

Man's mind is his basic tool of survival.

I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart.

She dumb.” I sigh. “But she ain’t stupid.

A man may be sharper than another, but not than all others.

Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select--doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief, and, yes, even beggarman and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors. I am going beyond my facts and I admit it, but so have the advocates of the contrary and they have been doing it for many thousands of years.

Do we have a brain? Than use it. It's all you need to overcome a problem. That's the secret. That's my simple but powerful prescription for life, love, and success in a dangerous world.

Squirrel brains make you smart.

Brainpower is the ultimate leverage.

Actually, most people don't think I have too much sense because I would rather be fairly intelligent and act dumb instead of not having any sense at all and try to act smart.

Some [people] are really smart. You know who you are. Some [people] are really thick. Unfortunately, you don't know who you are.

Some are nice and some aren't. Some are smart, and others are about as bright as a wet match in a dark cave. In other words, pretty normal.

I'd rather be smart than a movie star.

I'd rather be Jack be smart, than Jack be quick. Watch out for the man with the big fat licking stick.

You Titans are about as bright as my gym socks.

That's really what I want in a leader; I want somebody who's really, really smart.

Some guys are football smart and they're not smart in other ways. Other guys get 1500 on their SATs and can't get a double-team block right. No, that definitely, in my experience, sometimes it correlates, sometimes it doesn't. I don't think you just take it for granted.

Man, you're no smarter than me. You're just a fancier kind of stupid.

Sheep are not considered the most intelligent animals but British scientist say humans may have underestimated the woolly creatures. In fact, the British scientific community is even suggesting that the animals might even be "Irish-smart.".

Men are intimidated by smart women. They make us want to kick up our game more.

[John Larroquette] is one of the smartest men I've ever met. He's very cerebral and book-smart. He would say things and I'd have to go look them up, thinking, "That can't be true!" And they'd be true.