You could be a poet, an artist, a comedian - if you're in the culture of innovation then you embrace those who do and you're going to protect the science curriculum in the classroom because you understand the meaning and the value of it. And science discoveries don't scare you. You say, "Give me more science", not less. "Give me more technology", not less.
Neil deGrasse TysonI don't have specific television ambitions in the sense that I remain fundamentally and academic, and so, my innermost ambitions are what's the next discovery I can make; that's in my direct center.
Neil deGrasse TysonEinstein's theory, we know that it fails. In advance, we know it fails. So that a deeper understanding of nature is awaiting us.
Neil deGrasse Tyson