Neil deGrasse Tyson was born on 5th October 1958 in New York City, U.S. He is an astrophysicist, planetary scientist, science communicator, and author. During his teenage, he studied astronomy a lot, and by the age of fifteen, he gained fame for delivering lectures on that subject. He attended Harvard, where he majored in physics. He was a dancer too. He used to perform in styles like jazz, ballet, Latin Ballroom, and Afro-Caribbean Ballroom.
His research often focused on observations in cosmology, stellar evolution, galactic astronomy, bulges, and the formation of the same. He held many ranks in the University of Maryland, Princeton University, the American Museum of Natural History. Tyson wrote several popular books on astronomy. President George W. Bush appointed him to serve in the Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace industry in 2001 and later joined the Moon, Mars, and Beyond Commission in 2004.
He was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. Tyson was the vice-president, President, and chairman of the board of the Planetary Society. He was the speaker at the 93rd International Convention of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society in April 2011.
Some of the most famous Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes are mentioned below.
The Universe is under no obligation to make sense to you.
The Universe is filled with magic. The human brain cannot decipher every magic. Some things might seem meaningless and nonsense to us, but that doesn't mean that they are so. The Universe is not there to explain everything to you, we should be curious and look for things we love.
If your ego starts out, 'I am important, I am big, I am special,' you're in for some disappointment when you look around at what we've discovered about the Universe. No, you're not big. No, you're not. You're small in time and in space. And you have this frail vessel called the human body that's limited on Earth.
Whenever you feel very proud of yourself, you should remember that it's all unnecessary and meaningless. Whenever you think that you are big and greater than others, you should remember that the Universe is the largest, and you are just like a little dot among millions of other dots. You should remind yourself that you are nothing but are confined in a frail vessel called the human body. The Universe is far bigger than you.
Everything we do, every thought we've ever had, is produced by the human brain. But exactly how it operates remains one of the biggest unsolved mysteries, and it seems the more we probe its secrets, the more surprises we find.
Everything that we think of is produced by the human brain and it is a creation of the human mind. One never really discovered why and how this human mind works. It is one of the most amazing and biggest unsolved mysteries of all time. No scientist can ever find out how the human minds work.
There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.
One always learns the best when he has the urge to learn something from within. When he learns something all by his own wish and his own drive, he achieves a lot more. Pressure can make someone work, but it cannot make someone work with love and affection.
We are part of this Universe; we are in this Universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the Universe is in us.
The Universe is infinite. We are part of this big Universe, and we are in this Universe, but we should never forget that the Universe lies within us. It is there in us. We all have the capabilities to do anything and everything in life.
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Dreams about the future are always filled with gadgets.
Future is all about uncertainties, but when we see what is going around us, we know that the only predictable thing that we are going to see in our future is a gadget. Scientific inventions are our future.
Rational thoughts never drive people's creativity the way emotions do.
Emotion is the most powerful weapon that a human possesses. Emotions can either make you or break you. A person's creativity reaches a good level when emotions and not rational thoughts drive him. Creativity requires the heart, not the brain.
No one is dumb who is curious. The people who don't ask questions remain clueless throughout their lives.
Curiosity doesn't make anyone dumb. A curious person is often labeled as dumb, but those who have nothing to ask are dumber, and they remain clueless throughout their lives. They don't have a vision of what is happening around them. They are even more stupid than others because they don't want to learn and know about new things in life.
Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That's a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don't know what you're doing.
Kids should be allowed to break things. That's how they learn, that's how they know how to explore. Exploration is what a man does unknowingly, and it results in a very big way. The results are often commendable and praise-worthy.
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I think the greatest of people that have ever been in society, they were never versions of someone else. They were themselves.
One should always be true to himself. We should always own who we are. We should never ever allow anyone else's opinion to matter us. When we try to be like someone else, we lose everything. We lose the opportunity of being successful because only those who stay true to themselves, are successful in life.
The most creative people are motivated by the grandest of problems that are presented before them.
Mistakes make us who we are. When we don't commit mistakes, we stop growing as an individual. We learn from the mistakes we make. We should not avoid making mistakes; the greatest people on this earth also make mistakes and learn from them. Mistakes make us stronger. With every mistake, there comes a lesson. Those you can learn from them can achieve greater heights in life.
Everyone should have their mind blown once a day.
Everyone should do something or learn something amazing each day.
We should never stop learning. Learning is the only way in which a person grows. A person can never really get ahead in his life if he stops learning. It is very important to be curious and learn new things in life.
The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect.
Science is all about inventions and discoveries. It is about the number of discoveries that we make. Discoveries are often good, but the best discoveries are the ones that we don't expect. The unexpected discoveries are the most special ones.
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We live in the kind of society where, in almost all cases, hard work is rewarded.
Hard work is the key to success. We live in a society where if you work hard, you will be rewarded. If you work hard, you will be paid. You should, therefore, stop worrying about your future and start working hard from today itself.
I know of no time in human history where ignorance was better than knowledge.
Ignorance is bliss- this is a very well-known proverb, but ignorance can never be bliss. Knowledge is far better than ignorance. When you try to attain knowledge, you lead a better life. You know about other things in life. You learn and grow as a person. One should always try to gain more and more knowledge.
