In the New Testament, Thomas Jefferson cut out everything that was mystical, magical, miracle - physically with scissors - and then pasted in all that remained, such as Jesus's Sermon on the Mount.

You could do math early, but there are no brilliant 16-year-old novelists. They don't know the human condition yet.

Space enthusiasts are the most susceptible demographic to delusion that I have ever seen.

No matter what eyewitness testimony is in the court of law, it is the lowest form of evidence in the court of science.

I don't want people to say, 'Something is true because Tyson says it is true.' That's not critical thinking.

There's the anti-intellectual movement in society and I don't blame them entirely for feeling that way because we all know people, I have many colleagues where you try to hang out with them and they make you feel bad for not knowing what they know. If that's how you interact with people, why would anyone want to be that.

The very nature of science is discoveries, and the best of those discoveries are the ones you don't expect.