America Quote by Constance Wu

My dad was a scientist. More than that: my dad grew up in a tiny terraced house in Swansea, the only child of a…

— David Baddiel

My father was a physicist, while I am a biogeochemist. I live to study plants, and he has never had more than a generic…

— Hope Jahren

My mom studied biology and my dad studied chemistry and some physics and he is a physician, but he had a very strong interest…

— Christina Koch

My dad wanted me to be a scientist and I was set to study science A-levels. But after the first term I realised it…

— Lucy Worsley

When my father finished his Ph.D., my mother went back for another bachelor's degree, this time in environmental science.

— Celeste Ng

My dad worked for a generator company and then UC Berkeley, and my mom was as a dental hygienist and then eventually a history…

— Cary Fukunaga

My dad was Chinese-American and very conservative when it came to his family's futures. He said if I wanted to have a secure job,…

— Tess Gerritsen

My father was a lawyer and to my best knowledge nobody in my family before had interest in science.

— George Andrew Olah

As an undergrad, I studied engineering physics at the University of Oklahoma, and all my degrees are from engineering departments. My father wanted me…

— Paul McEuen

Both my parents are from academics.

— Richa Chadha

My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things…

— Aaron Levie

My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.

— Elizabeth McGovern