Astronaut Quote by Analeigh Tipton

When I was growing up, I wanted passionately to be a physicist.

— Eileen Pollack

I want to do a little bit of everything. I love sci-fi. I think it's more the characters that draw me towards things. I…

— Sabrina Lloyd

I wanted to be a scientist, but I wanted to go into space. They are not mutually exclusive.

— Mae Jemison

Ever since I was a kid, I've had an enormous interest in the sciences - everything from quantum physics to anthropology.

— Micky Dolenz

I want to fly a jet. I'd love to just be in the air and go mach 3 or mach 4. Or, I'd be…

— Kellan Lutz

My nerdy pursuits are more like video games, Dungeons and Dragons, stuff like that.

— Thomas Middleditch

I spent most of my career doing high-energy physics, quarks, dark matter, string theory and so on.

— Geoffrey West

I was a science fiction geek from an early age, enthralled by the questions of life in the universe. As I got older, I…

— David Grinspoon

I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.

— Philip Emeagwali

We have to be plumbers, electricians, construction engineers, or workers, on the space station, but at the same time running a laboratory, being scientists,…

— Thomas Marshburn

I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to…

— Michael P. Anderson

I actually wanted to be an astronaut, but I don't have a mathematical brain.

— Eva Amurri