Bill Nye Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“Television isn't inherently good or bad. You go to a bookstore, there are how many thousands of books, but how many of those do you want? Five? Television's the same way. If you're going to show people stuff, television is the way to go. Words and pictures show things.”

“I always liked show biz and got to make a few training films at Boeing. Soon after, I got the idea of a science show geared toward kids, around ages 8 through 12.”

“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.”

“As a kid at the World's Fair in 1965, I missed seeing the big global population clock roll over from 2,999,999,999 to 3 billion - I was really disappointed.”

“But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion.”

“Science rules!”

“It's important that our children are raised to be educated, well-rounded tax-paying citizens that understand the importance of technology and science.”

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

“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.”

“When Rush Limbaugh says I'm not a scientist, I'm charmed - I smirk.”