These are two different exercises. One of them is, "You don't know and I know, so just shut up and listen," and the other one is, you're curious and you're learning, and I have a way where you can learn this so you'll know it as well. And when you know it, and know why you know it, then you don't have to reference me ever again because you take ownership of the knowledge, and you can then share it with someone else.
Neil deGrasse TysonThe limits on your enlightenment come not from the age you stopped going to school but from the age you stopped being curious.
Neil deGrasse TysonScience literacy is a vaccine against the charlatans of the world that would exploit your ignorance.
Neil deGrasse TysonWe are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us.
Neil deGrasse TysonEveryone has all different experiences in school. I just know that throughout my life, at no time did any teacher ever point to me and say, hey. He'll go far.
Neil deGrasse Tyson