Bill Nye Quotes

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

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I'll admit that the discovery of evolution is humbling, but it is also empowering. It transforms our relationship to the life around us. Instead of being outsiders watching the natural world go by, we are insiders. We are part of the process; we are the exquisite result of billions of years of natural research and development.

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I went to Monsanto, and I spent a lot of time with the scientists there, and I have revised my outlook, and I'm very excited about telling the world. When you're in love, you want to tell the world.

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It is this fragile nature of the earth's atmosphere that I want everybody to appreciate. It's what I call your place in space.

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Spacecraft sent to Mars, Saturn, Mercury, the moon, comets, and asteroids have been making incredible discoveries, with more to come from recent launches to Jupiter, the moon, and Mars. The country needs more of these robotic space exploration missions, not less.

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

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Geology is that branch of natural science which treats of the structures of the earth's crust and the mode of formation of its rocks. It is a pleasant and profitable study, and to the man who has married rich and does not need to work, the amusement of busting geology with the Bible, or busting the Bible with geology is indeed a great boon.

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

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The more we learn about volcanoes, the more we learn about the earth. Learning about the earth is more important than it has ever been.

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I say to the grownups, 'If you want to deny evolution and live in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we've observed in the universe that's fine. But don't make your kids do it.'

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It's not cool... or it's not cool enough. The world is getting warmer, that's all there is to it. I want you guys to stop this. I want you to change the world.

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When you have a portion of the population that doesn't believe in (evolution) it holds everybody back, really.

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If I were the king of the forest, and I'm not, we would have more astronomy.

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If we continue to eschew science... we are not going to move forward. We will not embrace natural laws. We will not make discoveries. We will not invent and innovate and stay ahead.

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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.

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People like to grab stuff, hold things in their hands and make things happen. Children's museums are ideal for these kinds of things. There's nothing more fun, to me.

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

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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 friends and peers.

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Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology. It's like, it's very much analogous to trying to do geology without believing in tectonic plates. You're just not gonna get the right answer. Your whole world is just gonna be — a mystery. Instead of an exciting place.

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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.

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

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The word anatomy is derived from two Greek spatters and three pollywogs, which, when translated, signify "up through" and "to cut," so that anatomy actually, when translated from the original wappy-jawed Greek, means to cut up through. That is no doubt the reason why the medical student proceeds to cut up through the entire course.

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Human anatomy is either general, specific, topographical or surgical. These terms do not imply the dissection and anatomy of generals, specialists, topographers and surgeons, as they might seem to imply, but really mean something else. I would explain here what they actually do mean if I had more room and knew enough to do it.

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If we found life on Mars, it would change everybody's view of our place in space.

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We have overwhelming evidence that the climate is changing. That you cannot tie any one event to that is not the same as doubt about the whole thing. There is no debate in the scientific community.

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