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title: "2 Slide Quotes By Hope Jahren"
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> [Even a very little girl can wield a slide rule, the cursor serving as a haft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/even-a-very-little-girl-can-wield-a-slide-rule-the-cursor-serving-as/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

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> [There is nothing in the world more perfect than a slide rule. Its burnished aluminum feels cool against your lips, and if you hold it level to the light you can see God's most perfect right angle in each of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/there-is-nothing-in-the-world-more-perfect-than-a-slide-rule-its/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

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## More by Hope Jahren

> [A tree's wood is also its memoir.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/a-tree-s-wood-is-also-its-memoir/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [“You and I are going to work our asses off, teach them shit over and over, risk our fucking lives for them, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/you-and-i-are-going-to-work-our-asses-off-teach-them-shit-over-and/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [Men and women study things differently, and it's not because of our chromosomes. It's a product of our cultural conditioning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/men-and-women-study-things-differently-and-it-s-not-because-of-our/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [One thing that was very important to me was that I felt comfortable in the lab from being very, very small. I knew that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/one-thing-that-was-very-important-to-me-was-that-i-felt-comfortable/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [If every seed turned into a plant, we'd be living in a very different world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/if-every-seed-turned-into-a-plant-we-d-be-living-in-a-very-different/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [The live oak can grow sturdily on the hottest hills of central California, contrasting dark green against the golden grass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/the-live-oak-can-grow-sturdily-on-the-hottest-hills-of-central/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [I grew up playing with kids who were the kids of people my parents grew up playing with, and they know me like nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/i-grew-up-playing-with-kids-who-were-the-kids-of-people-my-parents/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [The world breaks a little bit every time we cut down a tree. It's so much easier to cut one down than to grow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/the-world-breaks-a-little-bit-every-time-we-cut-down-a-tree-it-s-so/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [For a tree, to endure four months of daylight is like you or I going without sleep for four months.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/for-a-tree-to-endure-four-months-of-daylight-is-like-you-or-i-going/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [I feel like I'm the same scientist I was back when I couldn't get a grant. Now I'm that same person thinking that same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/i-feel-like-i-m-the-same-scientist-i-was-back-when-i-couldn-t-get-a/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [Plants are decisive to a fault. A stem produces a bud that flowers once and once only. It offers pollen that is either dispersed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/plants-are-decisive-to-a-fault-a-stem-produces-a-bud-that-flowers/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [Even a very little girl can wield a slide rule, the cursor serving as a haft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/even-a-very-little-girl-can-wield-a-slide-rule-the-cursor-serving-as/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [“People will tell you that you have to know math to be a scientist, or physics or chemistry. They’re wrong. That’s like saying you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/people-will-tell-you-that-you-have-to-know-math-to-be-a-scientist-or/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [No matter how much funding I get, I'm always thinking, 'This is temporary. This is fragile. It could all end tomorrow, and how am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/no-matter-how-much-funding-i-get-i-m-always-thinking-this-is/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

> [“Everybody does all kinds of shit that they don’t know why they do. They just know that they have to,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-jahren/everybody-does-all-kinds-of-shit-that-they-don-t-know-why-they-do/)

[Hope Jahren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-jahren/)

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