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title: "3 Astonishing Quotes By Bill Nye"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/the-big-bang-banged-and-for-some-reason-we-re-here-and-that-s/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

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> [You and I are made of stardust. We are the stuff of exploded stars. We are therefore, at least 1 way that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/you-and-i-are-made-of-stardust-we-are-the-stuff-of-exploded-stars-we/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

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> [As my old professor Carl Sagan said so often, 'When you’re in love, you want to tell the world.’ And I base…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/as-my-old-professor-carl-sagan-said-so-often-when-you-re-in-love-you/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

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## More by Bill Nye

> [That's what makes a human a human, if we store information outside our bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/that-s-what-makes-a-human-a-human-if-we-store-information-outside-our/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/to-try-to-really-land-a-spacecraft-really-on-another-world-is-really/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/humor-is-everywhere-in-that-there-s-irony-in-just-about-anything-a/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/there-s-nothing-i-believe-in-more-strongly-than-getting-young-people/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [Tax dollars intended for science education must not be used to teach creationism as any sort of real explanation of nature, because any observation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/tax-dollars-intended-for-science-education-must-not-be-used-to-teach/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [The most serious problem facing humankind is climate change. All of these people breathing and burning our atmosphere has led to an extraordinarily dangerous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/the-most-serious-problem-facing-humankind-is-climate-change-all-of/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [If you just take a single human and put him or her in the forest he or she might not do very well without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/if-you-just-take-a-single-human-and-put-him-or-her-in-the-forest-he/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [“Over billions of years, the planets exchange quite a bit of material. This is not speculation; this is fact. Planetary scientists have found pieces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/over-billions-of-years-the-planets-exchange-quite-a-bit-of-material/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [From an evolutionary standpoint you can't just wipe everything out and start over, and I don't think you can do it in the school…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/from-an-evolutionary-standpoint-you-can-t-just-wipe-everything-out/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [“People who should (or do) know better keep confusing weather with climate. Weather is what happens day to day in one place. Climate is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/people-who-should-or-do-know-better-keep-confusing-weather-with/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/the-more-you-find-out-about-the-world-the-more-opportunities-there/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [Millennial voters are very concerned about climate change and will vote for candidates who are planning to address it. But the systems that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/millennial-voters-are-very-concerned-about-climate-change-and-will/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [By the way, most of the light that comes from the sun is green.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/by-the-way-most-of-the-light-that-comes-from-the-sun-is-green/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [“As of this writing, the Opportunity rover is still roving. It was designed to run ninety Martian days—just over three months—but it is still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/as-of-this-writing-the-opportunity-rover-is-still-roving-it-was/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

> [“radioactive Rubidium-87, containing 37 protons (and 50 neutrons), can change or decay to strontium, which has 38 protons. These two elements can be thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/radioactive-rubidium-87-containing-37-protons-and-50-neutrons-can/)

[Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/)

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