Bill Nye

“...I suspect everyone there can reason along the lines I described...It's just that when it comes to evolution, and especially to the related realization that we are all pretty small bits of the universe, it seems as though Ham and his followers just can't handle the truth. They throw aside their common sense and cling to the hope that there's something that makes it okay to *not* think for themselves.""The irony is, in the process they are walking away from our ability to understand who we are, where we came from, and how we fit into a cosmos...If there is something divine in our nature, something that sets humans apart from all creatures, surely our ability to reason is a key part of it. The irony is, in the process they are walking away from our ability to understand who we are, where we came from, and how we fit into a cosmos...If there is something divine in our nature, something that sets humans apart from all creatures, surely our ability to reason is a key part of it.”

“Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.”

“The information you get from social media is not a substitute for academic discipline at all.”

“To try to really land a spacecraft really on another world is really difficult, and if we lose that ability, it's going to be heartbreaking.”

“Science is the key to our future, and if you don't believe in science, then you're holding everybody back.”

“There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.”

“You stop planetary exploration, those people who do that extraordinary work are going to have to go do something else.”

“When we see the shadow on our images, are we seeing the time 11 minutes ago on Mars? Or are we seeing the time on Mars as observed from Earth now? It's like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then?”

“A two-and-a-half-year-old is pretty experienced at making a mess, anyway.”

“One of the drawbacks of English is you can't spell things by hearing them.”

“If you look back on all the teachers that you liked, I am sure you will find they were very entertaining.”

“There is good evidence that Venus once had liquid water and a much thinner atmosphere, similar to Earth billions of years ago. But today the surface of Venus is dry as a bone, hot enough to melt lead, there are clouds of sulfuric acid that reach a hundred miles high and the air is so thick it's like being 900 meters deep in the ocean.”

“As you may know, I am a mechanical engineer.”

“After I had this idea to be Bill Nye the Science Guy, I wore straight ties the first couple times, and then I got this thing going and I started wearing bow ties.”

“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.”

“Science rules!”

“I've always loved airplanes and flight. The space program was really important to me as a kid. I still have a photo of Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon in my living room.”