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The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist QUOTES

The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist QUOTES

1 " ... there is no shame in not knowing. The problem arises when irrational thought and attendant behavior fill the vacuum left by ignorance. "

― Neil deGrasse Tyson , The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

2 " I am convinced that the act of thinking logically cannot possibly be natural to the human mind. If it were, then mathematics would be everybody's easiest course at school and our species would not have taken several millennia to figure out the scientific method. "

― Neil deGrasse Tyson , The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

3 " ...people taking the time and energy to ask about what they do not understand - I have renewed hope that society can shed its superstitions and embrace the enlightenment that comes from just a basic understanding of how the universe works. "

― Neil deGrasse Tyson , The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

4 " Dinosaurs are extinct today because they lacked opposable thumbs and the brainpower to build a space program. "

― Neil deGrasse Tyson , The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

5 " If the universe is anything, it should be fun. "

― Neil deGrasse Tyson , The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

6 " Unlike what you may be told in other sectors of life, when observing the universe, size does matter, which often leads to polite ‘telescope envy’ at gatherings of amateur astronomers. "

― Neil deGrasse Tyson , The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

7 " There are no limits when you are surrounded by people who believe in you, or by people whose expectations are not set by the short-sighted attitudes of society, or by people who help to open doors of opportunity, not close them. "

― Neil deGrasse Tyson , The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

8 " A legacy rises to become culture only when its elements are so common that they no longer attract comment—not because people have lost interest, but because people cannot imagine a world without them. "

― Neil deGrasse Tyson , The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

9 " I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish. "

― Neil deGrasse Tyson , The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist

10 " This was not, of course, the first time that significant monies were spent on military programs. Kennedy knew, if only implicitly, that while bravery may win battles, science and technology provide security. Science and technology win wars. "

― Neil deGrasse Tyson , The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist