Avid Quote by James Van Allen

I decided to be an inventor when I was five. My parents had given me a few various enrichment toys like erector sets, and…

— Ray Kurzweil

We always had National Geographic and Astronomy magazines and Popular Mechanics lying around the house. I got interested in exploration and different parts of…

— Christina Koch

I've always been interested in mechanical things. I think I must have been heavily influenced by my father, who is also very good with…

— Jim Peebles

When I was 7 or 8, I became fascinated with hot rods.

— Paul Allen

I guess the two things I was most interested in were telescopes and steam engines. My father was an engineer on a threshing rig…

— Clyde Tombaugh

I'm so fond of abstract design in the style of Vanderbilt and David Hicks and that whole 1970s era. They took the 1930s and…

— Jenny Packham

I remember my mom had a big collection of copies of Saturday Evening Post magazines, and that was really my introduction to those great…

— Anonymous

When I started out in the industry, I turned to magazines like 'Flex' and 'Muscle & Fitness' - the people on their covers were…

— Phil Heath

As soon as I could ride a bike... I was always riding over to the Museum of Science and Industry to explore. It's where…

— John M. Grunsfeld

I always liked American Analog Set.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

As a boy I had liked both drawing and physics, and I always abhorred the role of being a spectator. In 1908, when I…

— Raymond Loewy

Throughout high school, I was obsessed with magazines. I used to just comb through them and plaster things on my wall.

— Tracee Ellis Ross