--- title: "18 Biology Quotes By Bill Nye" description: "18 Biology quotes by Bill Nye. Plus more from Bill Nye and more Biology sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/bill-nye-1613_biology_denial-of-evolution-is-unique-to-the-uni_512027.png" --- > [Denial of evolution is unique to the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/denial-of-evolution-is-unique-to-the-united-states/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/bill-nye-1613_biology_denial-of-evolution-is-unique-to-the-uni_512027.png) > [Evolution is not something you can believe in or not believe in like do you believe in gravity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/evolution-is-not-something-you-can-believe-in-or-not-believe-in-like/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/bill-nye-1613_believe_evolution-is-not-something-you-can-belie_351722.png) > [Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/teaching-creationism-in-science-class-as-an-alternative-to-evolution/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/bill-nye-1613_alternative_teaching-creationism-in-science-class-as_604336.png) > [We talk about the Internet. That comes from science. Weather forecasting. That comes from science. The main idea in all of biology…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/we-talk-about-the-internet-that-comes-from-science-weather/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/bill-nye-1613_about_we-talk-about-the-internet-that-comes-fr_967769.png) > [“Researchers developed ways to extract genes from one species and insert them into the genetic code of another—a technique that can, among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/researchers-developed-ways-to-extract-genes-from-one-species-and/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/bill-nye-1613_biology_researchers-developed-ways-to-extract-ge_849556.jpg) > [“DNA directs the construction of strings of chemicals; those chemicals influence the configuration of the whole organism; that configuration influences how likely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/dna-directs-the-construction-of-strings-of-chemicals-those-chemicals/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/bill-nye-1613_biology_dna-directs-the-construction-of-strings_2065903.png) > [Some of the most wonderful aspects and consequences of evolution have been discovered only recently. This is in stark contrast to creationism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/some-of-the-most-wonderful-aspects-and-consequences-of-evolution-have/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0e/bill-nye-1613_aspect_some-of-the-most-wonderful-aspects-and-c_2708318.jpg) > [“Biodiversity is a result of the process of evolution, and it is also a safety net that helps keep that process going.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/biodiversity-is-a-result-of-the-process-of-evolution-and-it-is-also-a/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/bill-nye-1613_biodiversity_biodiversity-is-a-result-of-the-process_1063026.jpg) > [Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/evolution-is-one-of-the-most-powerful-and-important-ideas-ever/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/bill-nye-1613_answers_evolution-is-one-of-the-most-powerful-an_2990809.png) > [“Since the landmark 1972 paper by Gould and Eldredge, many studies have been done both with real populations and with mathematical simulations.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/since-the-landmark-1972-paper-by-gould-and-eldredge-many-studies-have/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/982/bill-nye-1613_biology_since-the-landmark-1972-paper-by-gould-a_1304109.png) > [I'll admit that the discovery of evolution is humbling, but it is also empowering. It transforms our relationship to the life around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/i-ll-admit-that-the-discovery-of-evolution-is-humbling-but-it-is-also/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a0/bill-nye-1613_billions_i-ll-admit-that-the-discovery-of-evoluti_1407499.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/science-is-the-key-to-our-future-and-if-you-don-t-believe-in-science-2/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/263/bill-nye-1613_adults_science-is-the-key-to-our-future-and-if_1986682.png) > [Evolution is the fundamental idea in all of life science, in all of biology. The key to our being here now is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/evolution-is-the-fundamental-idea-in-all-of-life-science-in-all-of/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/bill-nye-1613_ability_evolution-is-the-fundamental-idea-in-all_601410.jpg) > [“Stanley Miller and Harold Urey, was to simulate the conditions on Earth in primordial times, three or four billion years ago, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/stanley-miller-and-harold-urey-was-to-simulate-the-conditions-on/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7c/bill-nye-1613_amino-acids_stanley-miller-and-harold-urey-was-to-si_1478334.jpg) > [Science is the key to our future, and if you dont believe in science, then youre holding everybody back. And its fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/science-is-the-key-to-our-future-and-if-you-dont-believe-in-science/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/bill-nye-1613_biology_science-is-the-key-to-our-future-and-if_618862.png) > [“He saw that there is a spectrum of variation between species that comes into being slowly, tiny change by tiny change. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/he-saw-that-there-is-a-spectrum-of-variation-between-species-that/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/bill-nye-1613_biology_he-saw-that-there-is-a-spectrum-of-varia_2488243.png) > [“With the little changes that happen with reproduction, the configuration of your DNA and your genes can change for you and others…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/with-the-little-changes-that-happen-with-reproduction-the/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/bill-nye-1613_biology_with-the-little-changes-that-happen-with_1733848.jpg) > [“This is direct evidence of evolution. We share so much with our placental mammalian cousins because we all had a common ancestor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/this-is-direct-evidence-of-evolution-we-share-so-much-with-our/) [Bill Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-nye/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/bill-nye-1613_biology_this-is-direct-evidence-of-evolution-we_2795723.png) ## Other authors on Biology - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-dawkins-78503.jpg) Richard Dawkins 67 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/richard-dawkins/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-jay-gould-87041.jpg) Stephen Jay Gould 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/stephen-jay-gould/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-e-o-wilson-31102.jpg) E. O. Wilson 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/e-o-wilson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-yuval-noah-harari-100.jpg) Yuval Noah Harari 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/yuval-noah-harari/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-siddhartha-mukherjee-85288.jpg) Siddhartha Mukherjee 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/siddhartha-mukherjee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-sagan-20994.jpg) Carl Sagan 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/carl-sagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin-75655.jpg) Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/pierre-teilhard-de-chardin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-frances-arnold-5774.jpg) Frances Arnold 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/frances-arnold/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-degrasse-tyson-70683.jpg) Neil deGrasse Tyson 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/neil-degrasse-tyson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steven-pinker-87519.jpg) Steven Pinker 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/steven-pinker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ernst-mayr-33893.jpg) Ernst Mayr 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/ernst-mayr/) - [Elliott Sober 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/elliott-sober/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/biology/bill-nye/#itemlist", "name": "18 Biology Quotes By Bill Nye", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Denial of evolution is unique to the United States.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Nye" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/denial-of-evolution-is-unique-to-the-united-states/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/bill-nye-1613_biology_denial-of-evolution-is-unique-to-the-uni_512027.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/bill-nye-1613_biology_denial-of-evolution-is-unique-to-the-uni_512027.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25d/bill-nye-1613_biology_denial-of-evolution-is-unique-to-the-uni_512027.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Denial of evolution is unique to the United States.” — Bill Nye", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Evolution is not something you can believe in or not believe in like do you believe in gravity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Nye" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/evolution-is-not-something-you-can-believe-in-or-not-believe-in-like/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/bill-nye-1613_believe_evolution-is-not-something-you-can-belie_351722.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/bill-nye-1613_believe_evolution-is-not-something-you-can-belie_351722.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/bill-nye-1613_believe_evolution-is-not-something-you-can-belie_351722.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Evolution is not something you can believe in or not believe in like do you believe in gravity.” — Bill Nye", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bill Nye" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-nye/teaching-creationism-in-science-class-as-an-alternative-to-evolution/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/bill-nye-1613_alternative_teaching-creationism-in-science-class-as_604336.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/bill-nye-1613_alternative_teaching-creationism-in-science-class-as_604336.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bb/bill-nye-1613_alternative_teaching-creationism-in-science-class-as_604336.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Teaching creationism in science class as an alternative to evolution is inappropriate.” — Bill Nye", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We talk about the Internet. 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