I'm often asked whether I believe in Global Warming. I now just reply with the question: "Do you believe in Gravity?"
Neil deGrasse TysonThe iron from that meteorite and the iron from your blood have common origin in the core of a star.
Neil deGrasse TysonThere's no greater sign of the failure of the American educational system than the extent to which Americans are distracted by the possibility that Earth might end on December 21, 2012. It's a profound absence of awareness of the laws of physics and how nature works. So they're missing some science classes in their training in high school or in college that would empower them to understand and to judge when someone else is basically just full of it. Science is like an inoculation against charlatans who would have you believe whatever it is they tell you.
Neil deGrasse Tyson