When Rush Limbaugh says I'm not a scientist, I'm charmed - I smirk.
Bill NyeRead
Everybody who's 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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Passion for medical innovation often starts in childhood, driving efforts to improve human health.
Bill Nye emphasizes that many individuals pursuing careers in medicine, particularly in areas like vaccines and cancer research, are motivated by a deep-seated passion that often begins in their youth. This intrinsic motivation is crucial for the significant advancements in healthcare and the dedication required to make a positive impact on humanity.
Themes
MedicinePassionHealthcareInnovationResearch
In practice
Example use cases
In a graduation speech, one could inspire students by referencing Bill Nye's belief about childhood passion in medicine.
More from Bill Nye
All quotes →What makes the United States great, the reason people wanted to live in the United States, move here still, is because of our ability to innovate.
Bill NyeRead
NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget.
Bill NyeRead
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.
Bill NyeRead
If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it's game over. It's control-alt-delete for civilization.
Bill NyeRead
Burning carbon-based substances like oil, gas, and especially coal, produces billions of tons of extra carbon dioxide each year. Methane gas from cows and pigs and other animals on our large farms ends up in the atmosphere as well, trapping more of the sun's energy as heat.
Bill NyeRead
Similar quotes
Having walked on the Moon, I know something about what we need to explore, really explore, in space.
Buzz AldrinRead
The world today is made, it is powered by science; and for any man to abdicate an interest in science is to walk with open eyes towards slavery.
Jacob BronowskiRead
Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.
Richard P. FeynmanRead
We're always, by the way, in fundamental physics, always trying to investigate those things in which we don't understand the conclusions. After we've checked them enough, we're okay.
Richard P. FeynmanRead
One day the world will look upon research upon animals as it now looks upon research on human beings.
Leonardo Da VinciRead
There are so many intricacies to our brain that won't be understood unless we start to look at the system as a whole. All these different details don't operate in isolation.
Paul AllenRead