Buzz·Posted on Feb 25, 201523 Times Neil DeGrasse Tyson Was So Sassy It HurtAstrophysicist with attitude.by Jarry LeeBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. On the end of the world: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson In 5-billion years the Sun will expand & engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have a nice day 02:56 PM - 30 Sep 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite 2. On measuring the length of blood vessels: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Just an FYI: If you removed all veins, arteries, & capillaries from your body and laid them end to end, you will die. 02:54 PM - 26 Jul 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite 3. On intelligent life: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson I'd bet aliens have already visited us, but after careful observation concluded there's no sign of intelligent life on Earth. 06:16 AM - 14 Nov 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite 4. On alternative medicine: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Q: What do you call Alternative Medicine that survives double-blind laboratory tests? A: Regular Medicine. 05:12 AM - 31 May 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite 5. On professional athletes: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Based on comments from winning players, it's remarkable how much time God spends to help athletes defeat their opponents. 08:28 PM - 18 Oct 2013 Reply Retweet Favorite 6. On middle fingers: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson If we had twelve fingers, there’d be no middle finger to flip at people with whom you’ve run out of words to communicate. 07:08 PM - 22 Dec 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 7. On The Los Angeles Angels: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Does it disturb anyone else that "The Los Angeles Angels" baseball team translates directly to "The The Angels Angels"? Wed Jul 11 01:10:13 UTC+0000 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite 8. On "toxins": Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson The likelihood that a person uses the word "toxin" correlates strongly with how much Chemistry the person does *not* know 06:19 PM - 17 May 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite 9. On Snoop Dogg: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson If @RealJeffreyRoss and other comedians honored @SnoopDogg, would that be a “Pot Roast”? 12:33 AM - 16 Feb 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 10. On July 4th: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson July 4 - Happy Birthday USA. Celebrating the day we declared Independence, and not the day we actually achieved it. 05:22 PM - 04 Jul 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite 11. On "total eclipses": Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Total Eclipses occur every couple of years or so. If anyone calls them "rare", ask if they feel that way about the Olympics. 03:28 PM - 13 Apr 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 12. On the state of television: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson America 2012: The Learning Channel has HoneyBooBoo, History Channel has PawnStars: and the Science Channel has PumpkinChunkin 04:19 AM - 11 Oct 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite 13. On the "Super Moon": Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Moon Lunacy strikes again: The impending Supermoon is to an average full Moon what a 16" Pizza is to a 15" Pizza. So chillax. 08:10 PM - 04 May 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite 14. On hip-hop: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson I’m quite sure that Frogs were into Hip-Hop long before the music industry was. 03:32 PM - 22 Oct 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 15. On soccer players: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson I wonder what Rugby players think every time they see a Soccer player crying in pain from being grazed by another player. 08:44 PM - 09 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 16. On psychics: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson A news headline you hardly ever see: "Psychic Wins the Lottery Again" 08:49 PM - 24 Sep 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 17. On Spanish sportscasters: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Good thing Spanish fútbol sportscasters don’t announce basketball, they’d spend 1/3 of playing time saying “Goooooooooooool” 09:29 PM - 13 Jul 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 18. On plane cabins: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Flight Attendants say: "Cabin pressurized for your comfort & safety." What they mean is: "otherwise you'd freeze & suffocate" 07:42 PM - 25 May 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite 19. On "Miss Universe": Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Astrophysicists are monitors of extreme adjectives. Which is why "Miss Universe" to us is just "Miss Earth". 02:25 AM - 27 Jan 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 20. On airport customs: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson Had to wait in line to renew a Passport allowing me to visit members of my own species across artificially conceived borders. 09:34 PM - 05 Feb 2015 Reply Retweet Favorite 21. On Olympic curling: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson I occasionally wonder whether people who are good at Olympic Curling are also good at sweeping out the basement. 08:05 PM - 21 Feb 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 22. On Red Bull Stratos: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson I'm told somebody's jumping out of a perfectly good balloon from 23-miles up. The theory of gravity no longer needs to be tested in this way 03:30 PM - 09 Oct 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite 23. And on his DJ name: Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson If I were ever to become a Hip-hop DJ,I think I'd choose the name "MC-squared" 02:49 AM - 15 Jul 2012 Reply Retweet Favorite Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF