Quotes by Bill Nye

About Bill Nye:

William Sanford "Bill" Nye is an American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, scientist, and former mechanical engineer, best known as the host of the Disney/PBS children's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–98) and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator.
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As you may know, I am a mechanical engineer.

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

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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.

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Burning carbon-based substances like oil, gas, and especially coal, produces billions of tons of extra carbon dioxide each year. Methane gas from cows and pigs and other animals on our large farms ends up in the atmosphere as well, trapping more of t...

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If you want grown-ups to recycle, just tell their kids the importance of recycling, and they'll be all over it.

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You're dressed in a tuxedo, you wear a bow tie. A bow tie with a tuxedo is more formal than a straight tie with a tuxedo.

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

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

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

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I've always loved airplanes and flight. The space program was really important to me as a kid. I still have a photo of Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon in my living room.

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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.

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Everyone, red state, blue state, everyone supports space exploration.

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If you have this idea that the earth is only 6,000 years old, you are denying, if you will, everything that you can touch and see. You're not paying attention to what's happening in the universe around you.

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As a kid at the World's Fair in 1965, I missed seeing the big global population clock roll over from 2,999,999,999 to 3 billion - I was really disappointed.

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A two-and-a-half-year-old is pretty experienced at making a mess, anyway.

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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.

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When Rush Limbaugh says I'm not a scientist, I'm charmed - I smirk.

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I always liked show biz and got to make a few training films at Boeing.

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If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it's game over. It's control-alt-delete for civilization.

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Science is the best idea humans have ever had.

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...I suspect everyone there can reason along the lines I described...It's just that when it comes to evolution, and especially to the related realization that we are all pretty small bits of the universe, it seems as though Ham and his followers just...

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Author Bio

  • NameBill Nye
  • DescriptionAmerican science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, scientist and former mechanical engineer
  • AliasesWilliam S. Nye; William Sanford Nye
  • BornNovember 27, 1955
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionEngineer; Scientist; Teacher; Educator; Writer
  • AwardsDaytime Emmy Award; Humanist Of The Year