Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes

I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America.

Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.

Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy, that drives innovation and new products and more jobs and creates jobs. You can't - you can't put a wall up around here. We tried that in the '30s. It didn't work.

New industries are as a rule more profitable than old ones.

Learning from the American experience, governments around the world have developed national innovation policies and programs to accelerate their economic prosperity and to help their citizens and companies compete globally.

I'm supporting the School for Creative Startups because the project's ambition - to boost innovation and the culture of entrepreneurship - is something I feel strongly about.

The Italy of my children will be at head of Europe, economically. Because Italy has all the conditions to be the country of the startups, the country of artisans and quality, and the country of the big companies.

If America wants to lead the world, it needs to make sure new ideas can get to market. More opportunity will birth more companies that create more jobs.

If you look historically, what creates growth and wealth is innovation and investment, and increase in scale - more customers.

America still has the right stuff to thrive. We still have the most creative, diverse, innovative culture and open society - in a world where the ability to imagine and generate new ideas with speed and to implement them through global collaboration is the most important competitive advantage.

We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to do with information.

We are not concerned about innovation shifting from the U.S. I still believe that the U.S. still has capabilities for innovation.

What is the upside of inequality? I would say that it's a deep pool of properly trained, highly motivated talent that is endeavoring to create innovation that grows our knowledge-based economy.

There's a reason why Silicon Valley is the worldwide innovation center, or why this is the startup valley, because I truly believe startup companies like mine are pushing the economy forward.

When you innovate, the jobs can't go overseas because other countries haven't figured out how to do it yet.

Above all it is important to point out that we can only maintain our prosperity in Europe if we belong to the most innovative regions in the world.

We're only going to be able to compete in the world if we continue to be innovative.

If you want to have prosperity here, we really have to see our small businesses able to grow and compete around the world.

Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship. It drives everything: Job creation, poverty alleviation, innovation.

You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.

Where the quest for knowledge is relatively, and now almost absolutely, unrestrained, the public benefit will be great, especially where the certainty of the law ensures that knowledge is rewarded. This is exactly the combination that is the foundation of wealth-creation.

The model of the U.S. economy is that we are the country that does new things.

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.

Most new jobs won't come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We've got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality.

The government does not and cannot create jobs. Only entrepreneurs do.