Top 120 Bill Nye Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t.”

— Bill Nye

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

— Bill Nye

3. “To leave the world better than you found it, sometimes you have to pick up other people’s trash.”

— Bill Nye

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4. “SCIENCE is a part of EVERYONE’S everyday life.”

— Bill Nye

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5. “You and I are made of stardust. We are the stuff of exploded stars. We are therefore, at least 1 way that the Universe knows itself. That, to me, is astonishing.”

— Bill Nye

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

— Bill Nye

7. “We are just a speck, on a speck, orbiting a speck, in the corner of a speck, in the middle of nowhere.”

— Bill Nye

8. “There really is no such thing as race. We all came from Africa. We are all of the same stardust. We are all going to live and die on the same planet, a Pale Blue Dot in the vastness of space. We have to work together.”

— Bill Nye

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

— Bill Nye

10. “Science is the best thing humans beings have ever come up with. And if it isn’t, science will fix it.”

— Bill Nye

11. “People and stars are made of the same stuff.”

— Bill Nye

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12. “Science is the best idea humans have ever had. The more people who embrace that idea, the better.”

— Bill Nye

13. “If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it’s game over. It’s control-alt-delete for civilization.”

— Bill Nye

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14. “The philosophy of science is inherent in the process. This is to say, you think critically, you draw a conclusion based on evidence, but we all pursue discovery based on our observations. That’s where science starts.”

— Bill Nye

15. “The natural world is a package deal; you don’t get to select which facts you like and which you don’t.”

— Bill Nye

16. “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

17. “Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers – cut it out, and let’s get to work.”

— Bill Nye

18. “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

19. “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.”

— Bill Nye

20. “The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.”

— Bill Nye

21. “Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.”

— Bill Nye

22. “If you want grown-ups to recycle, just tell their kids the importance of recycling, and they’ll be all over it.”

— Bill Nye

23. “Evolution is a theory, and it’s a theory that you can test. We’ve tested evolution in many ways. You can’t present good evidence that says evolution is not a fact.”

— Bill Nye

24. “Researchers have proven that scientifically, that all humans are one people.”

— Bill Nye

25. “I used to play ultimate Frisbee, and I just got a reputation for making popcorn at parties. I don’t mean to brag on myself, but I make the popcorn in the pot, and it comes out fine every time.”

— Bill Nye

26. “There really is no such thing as race...”

— Bill Nye

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

— Bill Nye

28. “What happens to other species also happens to us.”

— Bill Nye

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

— Bill Nye

30. “I am so old, I entered engineering school with a slide rule. And I left engineering school with a calculator. I can still use a slide rule but it’s not a skill you especially need anymore.”

— Bill Nye

31. “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.”

— Bill Nye

32. “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.”

— Bill Nye

33. “Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.”

— Bill Nye

34. “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.”

— Bill Nye

35. “Unlike science, creationism cannot predict anything, and it cannot provide satisfactory answers about the past.”

— Bill Nye

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

— Bill Nye

37. “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.”

— Bill Nye

38. “I say to the grown-ups, ‘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.’”

— Bill Nye

39. “But as the cerebellum degrades with age, so does the quality of memories. The memories are there, but they’re not as good.”

— Bill Nye

40. “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 Nye

41. “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.”

— Bill Nye

42. “If NASA is to reach beyond the Moon and someday reach Mars, it must be relieved of the burden of launching people and cargo to low earth orbit. To do that, we must invest more in commercial spaceflight.”

— Bill Nye

43. “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.”

— Bill Nye

44. “No matter what you may believe spiritually or otherwise, the Earth is clearly not 6,000 or 10,000 years old.”

— Bill Nye

45. “Science provides a much more satisfactory way to seek answers than does any religion.”

— Bill Nye

46. “If you have this idea that the earth is only 6,000 years old, you are denying, if you will, everything that you can touch and see. Youre not paying attention to whats happening in the universe around you.”

— Bill Nye

47. “Apparently there is redundancy in memory: You store the same memory in different parts of your brain for accessing at different speeds. That speed would depend on the frequency of use and the importance of the knowledge.”

— Bill Nye

48. “Anybody who grew up with the space program is a fan of science fiction.”

— Bill Nye

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

— Bill Nye

50. “By the way, most of the light that comes from the sun is green.”

— Bill Nye