People think about life from day-to-day rather than thinking about life as something that invents a new kind of tomorrow.
Neil deGrasse TysonPhotons are accurately and legitimately described as waves and particles at the same time. They are genuine wavicles.
Neil deGrasse TysonYou like to explore things, and your parents don't like it because it gets the pots and pans dirty, and because it's noisy - but for you it's fun, you're resting. You're actually doing experiments... Just tell your parents that they're experiments, and you want to become a scientist, and then they won't stop you from doing anything you want.
Neil deGrasse TysonWhen provoked, the itsy-bitsy invertebrates known as tardigrades can suspend their metabolism. In that state, they can survive temperatures of... 73 K for days on end, making them hardy enough to endure being stranded on Neptune. So the next time you need space travelers with the right stuff, you might want to choose yeast and tardigrades, and leave your astronauts, cosmonauts, and taikonauts at home.
Neil deGrasse Tyson