My father was a very good Boy Scout. He was very skilled with knots, and he showed me how to tie a bow tie.
BILL NYEThe natural world is a package deal; you don’t get to select which facts you like and which you don’t.
More Bill Nye Quotes
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Humor is everywhere in that there’s irony in just about anything a human does.
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For me, the meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future.
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I feel that I’ve often pointed out that there are countless aspects of life and nature that scientists and scientific thinkers cannot explain.
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SCIENCE is a part of EVERYONE’S everyday life.
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The thing about a theory in science is it allows you make predictions. Evolutionary theory allows us to predict what apples will taste good next harvest.
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We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need engineers that can build stuff and solve problems.
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Millennial voters are very concerned about climate change and will vote for candidates who are planning to address it. But the systems that are in place.
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I want mechanical engineers to make better transportation systems. I want chemical engineers to develop better solar panels, and so on.
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If you look back on all the teachers that you liked, I am sure you will find they were very entertaining.
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Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There’s something wrong with a society that drives a car to work out in a gym.
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We are part of the process; we are the exquisite result of billions of years of natural research and development.
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The future of commerce is going to be all electronic. The gold standard was a fine idea, but electronic changes of funds and credits will be the future.
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I speak with dogs frequently. They don’t really talk, but I feel they’re communicating.
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Nuclear fission wasn’t discovered until long after Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace published their original books and papers, for example.
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I hope next generation will emerge and produce technology, regulations, and a worldview that enable as many of us as possible to live happy healthy lives.
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Our goal in science is to discover universal laws of nature. If one’s faith requires one to abandon or ignore natural laws, well, that person is going to have trouble reconciling religion and science. Otherwise, there is no any conflict.
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One of the drawbacks of English is you can’t spell things by hearing them.
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NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world’s premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget.
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Without an end to the burning of fossil fuels, coal especially, most of us will live shorter lives. I’m hopeful, but very, very concerned.
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When we explore the cosmos, we come to believe and prove that we can solve problems that have never been solved. It brings out the best in us. Space exploration imbues everyone with an optimistic view of the future.
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People get a lot out of being religious. They have strong senses of community and mutual support. So, what’s not to love [there]?
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There’s nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.
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Evolution is not something you can believe in or not believe in like do you believe in gravity.
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This is in stark contrast to creationism, which offers a static view of the world, one that cannot be challenged or tested with reason. And because it cannot make predictions, it cannot lead to new discoveries, new medicines, or new ways to feed all of us.
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The US Navy has several people on every ship that can navigate by the stars. They don’t fool with that.
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That’s what makes a human a human, if we store information outside our bodies.
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