Bill Nye Quotes

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.

Nye, who grew up in Washington, D.C., graduated from Cornell University in 1977 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He was lured to the West Coast by Boeing and made an immediate and significant contribution, designing a hydraulic pressure resonance suppressor for their 747s.

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

Nye has been instrumental in making science fun for preteen audiences‚ but when he is speaking at a collegiate venue he focuses more on topics he’s serious about.

I just want to remind us all there are billions of people in the world who are deeply religious, who get enriched by the wonderful sense of community by their religion. But these same people do not embrace the extraordinary view that the Earth is somehow only 6,000 years old.

When you compare Mars to Earth, and Venus to Earth, you can see the problem [earthlings face]. We do not want to become Venus.

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

The Earth is just a speck of sand in the universe. And there's no cavalry coming over the hill to rescue it.

Look at the facts. We need you to change things, not deny what's happening.

I will assert that U.S. economic growth is in lockstep with science and technology and, by extension, science education.

Good science makes a clean environment.

Nature is bottom up. It's compelling and complex, and it fills me with joy and it's inconsistent with the top down view.

It's his gift. He makes science understandable and fun, and he knows how to connect with people.