Education Quote by Bel Powley

Early in my career, I wanted to be a mathematician.

— Jerry Buss

I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.

— Philip Emeagwali

I was terrible at maths, but I could grasp science, and I used to love to read about the lives of the scientists. I…

— Francis Ford Coppola

I wanted to be an astronomer until I discovered I'm terrible at math.

— Juliana Harkavy

When I was growing up, I knew I wanted to be a mathematician, but I had no idea what that entailed.

— Terence Tao

I wanted to become president, and I wanted to become an astronaut. Because I was really good at math.

— Joel Embiid

My interests started about in science and in mathematics; I always thought I was going to be a mathematician.

— David Chalmers

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

At school, I was fanatical about being a scientist.

— Peter Carey

I wanted to be a scientist. But I had no math skills.

— Terri Windling

I was a geek in high school.

— David Schwimmer

I was never strong at maths, but I eventually got onto a university physics/astronomy course, and that led on to my Ph.D. and eventual…

— Alastair Reynolds