Neil deGrasse Tyson Cosmos Quotations

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

I don't want to be the embarrassment of the galaxy to have had the power to deflect an asteroid, and then not and end up going extinct. We'd be the laughingstock of the aliens of the cosmos if that were the case.

Imagination alone is not enough, because the reality of nature is far more wondrous than anything we can imagine

Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.

Like no other science, astrophysics cross-pollinate s the expertise of chemists, biologists, geologists and physicists, all to discover the past, present, and future of the cosmos-and our humble place within it.

So this show [Cosmos] does not only operate on you intellectually, because telling you stories of how science works and why it works and what was discovered and why it matters, but combines that with stunning visualizations of the cosmos. This has the chance of affecting you intellectually and emotionally, and as well as even spiritually, because the wonder and awe of the universe are especially potent when presented in this way."

The telescope... is a conduit to the cosmos.

If the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it.

Follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything.

I know that the molecules in my body are traceable to phenomena in the cosmos. That makes me want to grab people on the street and say: ‘Have you HEARD THIS?

Aliens might be surprised to learn that in a cosmos with limitless starlight, humans kill for energy sources buried in the sand

To assert that the universe has a purpose implies the universe has intent. And intent implies a desired outcome. But who would do the desiring? And what would a desired outcome be? That carbon-based life is inevitable? Or that sentient primates are life's neurological pinnacle? Are answers to these questions even possible without expressing a profound bias of human sentiment? Of course humans were not around to ask these questions for 99.9999% of cosmic history. So if the purpose of the universe was to create humans then the cosmos was embarrassingly inefficient about it.