Bill Nye: Trending quotes (page 2)

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

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, Mark Bennett, Bill Nye still rocking science - TV personality making weekend appearance in town to help open Children's Museum, The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Indiana, September 24, 2010]

Problem

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

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, Bill Nye ‚ Foundation fundraiser guy, The Reporter, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, April 1, 2006, Jeff Ertz]

Way , Change

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

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, D-01, Bill Nye, the Science Guy, brings humor to normally serious field, The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, New York, March 9, 2005, Bill Buell]

People

“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.”

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, Tom Beal, Space research here faces a horizon of closures, cuts, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, February 15, 2012]

Country

“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.”

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, Bill Nye , ‘the science guy,’ vs. Marsh Blackburn, the climate change skeptic congresswoman, Knoxville News Sentinel: Blogs, Knoxville, Tennessee, February 17, 2014]

Communication , Change

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

Bill Nye

[N1, Champs Science Bowl goes to NOHO, Daily News of Los Angeles, February 20, 2000, Amy Raisin, NewsBank]

Science , Dependency

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

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, J.D. Velasco, Study: California's elementary schools barely teach science, The Whittier Daily News, California, October 25, 2011]

Education , Science

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

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, Sandy Fitzgerald, Marsha Blackburn Takes on 'Science Guy' on Climate Change, Newsmax.com, February 16, 2014]

Change

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

Bill Nye

[9, NewsBank, Click Life - Where kids get plugged in, New York Daily News, July 2, 2000, Alissa MacMillan]

People , World , Change , Future

“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.”

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[NewsBank, 03I, Science Guy Wants You to Ask, 'Why?', The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio, October 24, 2001, Connie A. Higgins]

Food , Water , Sun

“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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[NewsBank, Nye: We must all save the Earth, The Madison Courier, Madison, Indiana, February 21, 2009, Pat Whitney]

World , Change

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

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[NewsBank, Mike Anton, Los Angeles Times, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington, Fully loaded robot heading off to Mars, November 20, 2011]

Life , Change

“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.”

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, A12, 'Science Guy' Bill Nye defends evolution in debate, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minnesota, February 5, 2014, Dylan Lovan, Associated Press]

Law , Nature , Science

“Please, you don't want to raise a generation of science students who don't understand how we know our place in the cosmos, who don't understand natural law.”

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, 3, Sarah Whitman, Age-old feud: In the beginning, Tampa Bay Times, Florida, February 7, 2014]

Law , Understanding , Nature , Science

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

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, 3, Sarah Whitman, Age-old feud: In the beginning, Tampa Bay Times, Florida, February 7, 2014]

Nature , Joy

“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.”

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, 'The Science Guy' returns to tackle issues for older audience, Journal Gazette, Mattoon, Illinois, June 8, 2005, Associated Press]

People , Understanding , Decision , Science

“How could there be billions of stars more distant than 6,000 years, if the world is only 6,000 years old?”

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[NewsBank, Bill Nye defends evolution in Kentucky debate, The Times and Democrat, Orangeburg, South Carolina, February 4, 2014]

World , Star , Distant

“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.”

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, 'Science Guy' Visits Volcano, The Chronicle, Centralia, Washington, May 18, 2009, Paula Collucci]

Change

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

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, Nye: We must all save the Earth, The Madison Courier, Madison, Indiana, February 21, 2009, Pat Whitney]

World , Change

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

Bill Nye

[NewsBank, J.D. Velasco, Study: California's elementary schools barely teach science, The Whittier Daily News, California, October 25, 2011]

Education , Science