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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History is but the record of the public and official acts of human beings. It is our object, therefore, to humanize our history and deal with people past and present; people who ate and possibly drank; people who were born, flourished and died; not g...

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Everyone that you'll ever met wil know someone that you won't

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Science is the key to our future, and if you don’t believe in science, then you’re holding everybody back. And it’s fine if you as an adult want to run around pretending or claiming that you don’t believe in evolution, but if we educate a gen...

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I used to play ultimate Frisbee, and I just got a reputation for making popcorn at parties. I don't mean to brag on myself, but I make the popcorn in the pot, and it comes out fine every time.

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

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I've got no problem with anybody's religion. But if you go claiming the Earth is only 10,000 years old, that's just wrong.

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When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It's like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then?

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Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.

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

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

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We talk about the Internet. That comes from science. Weather forecasting. That comes from science. The main idea in all of biology is evolution. To not teach it to our young people is wrong.

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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.

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

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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.

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When one shows up in jeans and a T-shirt, I strongly feel that the audience reacts in a very different way than when you show up in a sport coat and a tie.

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But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion.

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You stop planetary exploration, those people who do that extraordinary work are going to have to go do something else.

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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