Bill Nye Quotes

If NASA is to reach beyond the Moon and someday reach Mars, it must be relieved of the burden of launching people and cargo to low earth orbit. To do that, we must invest more in commercial spaceflight.

Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.

After I had this idea to be Bill Nye the Science Guy, I wore straight ties the first couple times, and then I got this thing going and I started wearing bow ties.

There’s nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.

When Rush Limbaugh says I’m not a scientist, I’m charmed – I smirk.

I worked at comedy clubs – if I can use the term ‘work‘ – for several years. I middled at one point. I never made it; I was never a headliner. I never made enough time to write enough good material, in my opinion.

Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.

Everybody who‘s a physician, who makes vaccines, who wants to find the cure for cancer. Everybody who wants to do any medical good for humankind got the passion for that before he or she was 10.

To try to really land a spacecraft really on another world is really difficult, and if we lose that ability, it’s going to be heartbreaking.

I hope climate science becomes the big thing. And then what I want is electrical engineers to solve the world’s energy problems, energy distribution problems. I want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on.

Humor is everywhere in that there’s irony in just about anything a human does.

Evolution is a theory, and it’s a theory that you can test. We’ve tested evolution in many ways. You can’t present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact.

As you may know, I am a mechanical engineer.

The information you get from social media is not a substitute for academic discipline at all.

You can believe what you want religiously. Religion is one thing, but science, provable science, is something else.

I like to regard myself as someone who’s capable of critical thought, that is to say, who can evaluate claims.

I change my socks often, because I had bad bouts of athlete‘s foot fungus infections as a kid. I may be able to change socks less frequently and not get the fungus. But, I’d rather not run the test to determine just how infrequently I could change socks. I don’t feel superstitious about it.

One of the drawbacks of English is you can’t spell things by hearing them.

If you look back on all the teachers that you liked, I am sure you will find they were very entertaining.

Television isn’t inherently good or bad. You go to a bookstore, there are how many thousands of books, but how many of those do you want? Five? Television’s the same way. If you’re going to show people stuff, television is the way to go. Words and pictures show things.

Winter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk.

Science is the key to our future, and if you don’t believe in science, then you’re holding everybody back.

NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world’s premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget.

It’s important that our children are raised to be educated, well-rounded tax-paying citizens that understand the importance of technology and science.

I always liked show biz and got to make a few training films at Boeing. Soon after, I got the idea of a science show geared toward kids, around ages 8 through 12.