Neil deGrasse Tyson:

We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life telling it to sit down and shut up. Is it any wonder the world is in the mess it's in?

— Neil deGrasse Tyson Contemporary

Astrophysicist, science communicator

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Attributed, widely shared online

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Unknown, often associated with him

Source

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/24430-we-spend-the-first-year-of-a-child-s-life

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Found in 1 providers: grok

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