Base Quote by Andy Weir

At a young age, I became interested in space and science after watching the U.S. land on the moon for the first time.

— Shannon Walker

From my earliest days, I was fascinated by science.

— George E. Brown, Jr

From my earliest days I had a passion for science.

— Joseph Rotblat

I'm a very amateur scientist. For me, it started with the Mercury space program and onward to the moon landing in my impressionable adolescent…

— Geoffrey Rush

At the age of three I began to look around my grandfather's library. My first knowledge of astronomy came from reading and looking at…

— Jesse L. Greenstein

Most kids at 10 or 11 love science, but I never outgrew it.

— Nancy Roman

I was, from early on, interested in science. And my parents were very obliging about that. My father used to take me to the…

— Whitfield Diffie

As a child, I remember my own intensive interest in biology, birds, other animals and flowers and was determined at an early age to…

— Harald zur Hausen

In fourth grade, I was interested in all areas of science. I particularly loved learning about how the earth was created.

— Mae Jemison

Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without…

— Jeff Bezos

I was interested in flying beginning at age 7, when a close family friend took me in his little airplane. And I remember looking…

— David M. Brown

At the age of 12, my parents gave me a chemistry set for Christmas, and experimentation soon became a consuming passion in my life.

— John Vane