Neil deGrasse Tyson Quotes About Curiosity

Quotes about: Curiosity

• The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And along the way, lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Motivational, Philosophy, Happy Life

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. March 1, 2012.

• I would teach how science works as much as I would teach what science knows. I would assert (given that essentially, everyone will learn to read) that science literacy is the most important kind of literacy they can take into the 21st century. I would undervalue grades based on knowing things and find ways to reward curiosity. In the end, it's the people who are curious who change the world.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Knowing, People, Curiosity

  Interviews from Reddit's "ask me anything" forums, www.reddit.com. December 17, 2011.

• The day we stop exploring is the day we commit ourselves to live in a stagnant world, devoid of curiosity, empty of dreams.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Inspirational, Dream, Science

  Twitter post from Aug 04, 2012

• Kids are never the problem. They are born scientists. The problem is always the adults. They beat the curiosity out of kids. They outnumber kids. They vote. They wield resources. That's why my public focus is primarily adults.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Kids, Focus, Mind Blowing

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. November 13, 2011.

• Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Children, Kids, Curiosity

• Deep down within anyone there's a flame that maybe had gone dormant that can be fanned or ignited in case it had blown out. This is the flame of curiosity, the flame of wonder, of awe, of all the things that make you want to learn something more tomorrow than you knew today.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Flames, Curiosity, Today

  Source: www.npr.org

• When NASA makes discoveries they are profound and they make headlines, everyone takes notice. It drives dialogue and, today, it would drive the blogosphere. It would drive the projects the kids do in school. So you wouldn't even need programs to try and stimulate curiosity. You wouldn't need programs to try to convince people that science literacy is good. Because they're going to want to participate on this epic adventure that we call space exploration.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  School, Adventure, Kids

• Science surrounds you. It's not something that you can step aside, step over or push out of your way because you were never good at science in school. Science is around you. Once you know and embrace that fact, it might stimulate curiosity within you to learn more about the natural world.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  School, Curiosity, World

  Source: collider.com

• My goal is not to shove information into your head. It's to find ways to reignite the curiosity that we all had as children for the natural world. You don't have to tell a child to explore the backyard.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Children, Goal, Curiosity

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• Curiosity is missing. Curiosity in particular is something that the system, not only the educational system but, the parental... what you do as a parent at home.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Educational, Home, Parent

  "Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Writing, Mars, Curiosity, and the Higgs Boson". Interview with Sandra Kitt, aalbc.com. January 1, 2013.

• Curiosity is unknown. All adults were once kids and once curious, but as adults you don't remember that and you see curiosity when it's expressed in children as a pathway to household disaster. They're simply exploring their environment, manifesting their curiosity. So what you need to do is create an environment where curiosity is rewarded rather than punished, or thwarted.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Children, Kids, Curiosity

  "Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Writing, Mars, Curiosity, and the Higgs Boson". Interview with Sandra Kitt, aalbc.com. January 1, 2013.

• Curiosity is a self-driven motivation to explore and to learn. Learning is like... you know, you have to take your medicine. And that is what it has become. And that's unfortunate.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Motivation, Medicine, Self

  "Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on Writing, Mars, Curiosity, and the Higgs Boson". Interview With Sandra Kitt, aalbc.com. January 1, 2013.

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