Bill Nye Quotes

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What we want to do is not just less, but do more for less. I want the United States to lead the world in this. The more we mess around with this denial, the more we lose.

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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.

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

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

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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 form their opinions. Some of these are issues that will affect humanity for decades to come.

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

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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 the change will have a significant impact on everyone.

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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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To exclude kids in formal education from science is bad for everybody.

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The Earth has never warmed this fast. We need to see how much we can change the world in the next 20 years.

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

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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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We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future.

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Carbon dioxide has never entered the atmosphere so fast. In 1976 the carbon dioxide level was at 0.03 percent. We've lived through a change to 0.04 percent.

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

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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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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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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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You don't need a PhD in climate science to understand what's going on, that 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.

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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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