Bill Nye Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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No matter what a woman looks like, if she's confident, she's sexy.
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Satire is, by definition, offensive. It is meant to make us feel uncomfortable. It is meant to make us scratch our heads, think, do a double-take, and then think again.
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I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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Between 1776 and 1789, Americans replaced a government over them with a government under them. They have worried ever since about keeping it under. Distrust of its powers has been more common and more visible than distrust of the imperial authority of England ever was before the Revolution.
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Guys usually know immediately that I'm high-maintenance.
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It's much better to wreak havoc on a show and be a maniac than promote myself. Plugs and anecdotes aren't really in line with my beliefs. Besides, if someone sees me on a morning show and thinks, 'That's not funny; this guy is crazy,' then I don't want them to come to the show anyway.
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I am not a second option person. It is that or nothing. If it is not the way I see it I prefer not to see it.
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Private education can give you confidence, which is marvellous; a sense of entitlement isn't.
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Even on TV appearances or big shows, I don't know if I've ever been as nervous as I was my first time doing stand-up. I just remember getting offstage and sitting down, and my right knee was just shaking from the adrenaline.
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I think human nature is eternal and constant.
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For me, Warhol made so much sense.
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When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care about my kids. But I did not want my children's public school teachers teaching them religion. That was my job as a parent and the job of our church, Sunday school, and youth group.
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I have the Italian flag embroidered onto all my dress-shirt cuffs. I am very proud to be Italian.
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The French never allow a distinguished son of France to lack a statue.
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When the band were really big and we had massive hits, I was always stressed-out and insecure. I thought I wanted the band to be really popular, but when that happened, there was so much pressure to keep it going.
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I remember stealing some pic n' mix when I was seven; when I got out of the shop, I burst into tears.
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The fact that you've got zombies in this movie allows you to make slightly bolder choices tonally.
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If you give people literacy, bad ideas can be attacked and experiments tried, and lessons will accumulate.
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Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.
