When Rush Limbaugh says I'm not a scientist, I'm charmed - I smirk.
Bill NyeRead
Humor is everywhere in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Humor exists in all aspects of life due to the irony found in human actions.
Bill Nye suggests that humor is a universal phenomenon because irony, which is often humorous, can be found in nearly every action humans take. This perspective emphasizes that life is filled with contradictions and unexpected outcomes, which can lead to laughter and entertainment.
Themes
HumorIronyLifeHuman ActionsLaughter
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech about the unpredictability of life.
More from Bill Nye
All quotes →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.
Bill NyeRead
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
Similar quotes
Satire that the censor understands is rightly censored.
Karl KrausRead
You are you. Now, isn't that unpleasant?
Dr. SeussRead
Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.
Steven WrightRead
The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments in a courthouse: You cannot post “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” and “Thou shalt not lie” in a building full of lawyers, judges, and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.
George CarlinRead
Last time I was down South I walked into this restaurant, and this white waitress came up to me and said: 'We don't serve colored people here.' "I said: 'that's all right, I don't eat colored people. Bring me a whole fried chicken.
Dick GregoryRead
Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic genius.
Thomas CarlyleRead