Quotes by Bill Nye

Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science - in all of biology.

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

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? Its like time travel problems in science fiction. When is now; when was then?

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

If youre an adult and you choose not to believe in science, fine, but please dont prevent your children from learning about it and letting them draw their own conclusions.

Science rules!

I really believe in science. It is a faith. It is a reverence akin to religion. But as we always say, its different from religion in that, as near as we can tell, it exists outside of us. It has an objective quality, the process of science.

We talk about the Internet. That comes from science. Weather forecasting. That comes from science. The main idea in all of biology is evolution. To not teach it to our young people is wrong.

Ive got no problem with anybodys religion. But if you go claiming the Earth is only 10,000 years old, thats just wrong.

You can believe what you want religiously. Religion is one thing, but science, provable science, is something else.

Everybody whos a physician, who makes vaccines, who wants to find the cure for cancer. Everybody who wants to do any medical good for humankind got the passion for that before he or she was 10.

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

“Science is the key to our future, and if you don’t believe in science, then you’re holding everybody back. And it’s fine if you as an adult want to run around pretending or claiming that you don’t believe in evolution, but if we educate a generation of people who don’t believe in science, that’s a recipe for disaster. We talk about the Internet. That comes from science. Weather forecasting. That comes from science. The main idea in all of biology is evolution. To not teach it to our young people is wrong.”