Today we have a great many lawmakers, not just here, but around the world, deliberately ignoring and actively surpassing science, their inclination is misguided, and in no one’s best interest. Bill Nye More Quotes by Bill Nye More Quotes From Bill Nye We are special in the sense that we can know our place in the cosmos. We can know our place in space. We are at least one of the cosmos's ways of knowing itself. That fills me with reverence and joy. Another insight I really want people to consider is this: everyone has gotten this far. Everyone you meet has made it this far. Nobody is superior to anyone else from an evolutionary standpoint. Bill Nye spaceknowingpeople I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, that's completely inconsistent with the world we observe, that's fine. But don't make your kids do it. Because we need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future. We need engineers that can build stuff and solve problems. Bill Nye kidsworldneeds There are two ways to be rich: to have more or need less. It's estimated that we squander about 30 percent of our energy leaving the lights on, the refrigerator door open, and so on. Then there is the enormous amount of food that we expend huge amounts of energy to raise and then throw away. Bill Nye lightdoorstwo Hard to find anything lovelier than a tree. They grow at right angles to a tangent of the nominal sphere of the Earth. Bill Nye spheresearthtree I often reflect on what an extraordinary time (pun intended) it is to be alive here in the beginning of the twenty-first century. It took life billions of years to get to this point. It took humans thousands of years to piece together a meaningful understanding of our cosmos, our planet and ourselves. Think how fortunate we are to know this much. But think also of all that's yet to be discovered. Here's hoping the deep answers to the deep questions-from the nature of consciousness to the origin of life-will be found in not too much more time. Bill Nye meaningfulyearsthinking The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change. Bill Nye climateseriousproblem Our goal in science is to discover universal laws of nature. That pursuit fills me with wonder. Bill Nye goallawwonder If you want grown-ups to recycle, just tell their kids the importance of recycling, and they'll be all over it. Bill Nye recyclingwantkids That's what makes a human a human, if we store information outside our bodies. Bill Nye storesinformationbody It is my mission to change the world. I'm not kidding: Make no small plans, dream mighty things. I feel if we get enough people engaged in climate change, we will get enough people to change the world. We will revolutionize the way we produce electricity and provide clean water to people. Bill Nye dreamwaterpeople If you look back on all the teachers that you liked, I am sure you will find they were very entertaining. Bill Nye entertainingteacherlooks By the way, most of the light that comes from the sun is green. Bill Nye greenlightway I tell personal stories associated with aspects of the theory, and I hope they are interesting and compelling. I don't feel you're going to change a grownup's mind in one reading. People have to be exposed to scientific ideas over and over again for years. It's also not a textbook. Bill Nye readingyearsideas As my old professor Carl Sagan said so often, 'When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.’ And I base my beliefs on the information and the process that we call science. It fills me with joy to make discoveries every day of things I’ve never seen before. It fills me with joy to know that we can pursue these answers. It is an astonishing thing that we are — you and I are one of the ways the universe knows itself. Bill Nye love-youjoydiscovery Not wasting any water bottles is good. Not leaving the lights on is good. Turning the thermostat down in the winter, up in the summer, is good. But the best thing any of us in the developed world, especially in the United States, can be doing is talking about it. Bill Nye water-bottlessummerwinter Talk about science with everyone you meet. Especially talk about climate change. It needs to become a part of our everyday conversation (the way it is everywhere else in the world). Bill Nye climateeverydayneeds What happens to other species also happens to us. Bill Nye specieshappens The information you get from social media is not a substitute for academic discipline at all. Bill Nye informationdisciplinemedia The Big Bang banged, and for some reason we’re here. And that’s astonishing. And that we can understand that, that’s the most astonishing. Bill Nye bangsbigsreason America has had many other discoverers besides Columbus, but he seems to have made more satisfactory arrangements with the historians than any of the others. Bill Nye columbusmadeamerica
