After high school Quote by Chloe Smith

As with other phases of nature, I have probably loved the rocks more than I have studied them.

— John Burroughs

I've loved mountains since I was a girl, and when I discovered mountaineering fiction after college, I was hooked.

— Sabaa Tahir

When I moved out here to California, I became obsessed with geology. It's impossible not to be interested in the earth if you live…

— Jamaica Kincaid

In my junior year, I studied geology on Saturday mornings at the Museum of Natural History. Mineralogy has always been a major interest.

— Janet Yellen

When I was super young, we were hiking to the top of the 14,000-foot peaks in Colorado. You know, when I was in my…

— Tommy Caldwell

When I was in the fourth grade, I became intensely interested in geography and I learned it well.

— Clyde Tombaugh

Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to…

— Octavia Butler

When young girls are encouraged to explore what they find interesting, they grow up to be interesting women.

— Amy Poehler

I owe the best of myself to geology, but everything it has taught me tends to turn me away from dead things.

— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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

— Mae Jemison

Something about exploration has fascinated me from a young age.

— Anne McClain

When I was a kid, I always dreamed about climbing mountains. I read every book about it. I formulated this plan to accomplish it.

— John Layfield