Quotes by Bill Nye

“Everything you can touch and depend on in our society goes back to science.”

“We want to get young people excited about inventing so they'll be future inventors, and change the world.”

“The invention process is a great exercise for kids. It compels them to define an actual problem, formulate an original solution, develop a product, and share the results or products with their frie...”

“Science is the most important thing you can study in school.”

“The passion and beauty and joy of science is that we humans have invented a process to understand the universe in a way that is true for everyone. We are finding universal truths.”

“I encourage you to look at the world around you and think about how it works. My friends, you can go forth and make this world a better place.”

“Without clouds we wouldn't have rain. Without rain there is no water, no crops and no food for you and me. Humans would not exist without the sun, heat, water and oxygen from plants.”

“When people start rejecting the fundamental understanding of the world that scientific process brings you, well, that's bad in my opinion.”

“When people, some of them very intellectual, claim that evolution is not true, I get a little nervous.”

“I might be trying to change the world, but I also better be funny while I'm doing it. I've never lost sight of that.”

“I can be educational, but if I'm not funny and entertaining, too, who's going to come and listen to me or watch me on TV.”

“I don't want people memorizing the planets or counting how many plants there are in the world. But I want them to know that the world is 4.56 billion years old, and I want them to know how we know ...”

“I find both humor and grimness in most issues.”

“I'm an educator. You do what you have to do to get what you are saying across, and if that means being funny, that's what I do.”

“There are major issues that people - as taxpayers and voters - will have to make informed decisions on in the near future. They will need to understand the science and the ethical considerations to...”

“Global climate change is a big deal to me. We need to change our ways.”

“Change the world - even if ever so slightly - is my goal.”

“The single biggest impact a person can have on the Earth is driving a car, either driving a fuel-efficient car or just driving it less.”

“It will take more time for the change we have to effect, but we don't have more time. The carbon dioxide on Earth, just in the last four years, has increased from .03 percent to .04 percent. And th...”

“Half the humans are women, so I think half the scientists should be women - a legacy of my parents.”