Branches Quote by John Pople

I was a mathematician by nature, and still am - I just knew I didn't want to be a mathematician. So I decided not…

— Stephen Sondheim

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard work as because of the amount of time I…

— Carl Sandburg

I was a mathematics major and really into math.

— Mary Callahan Erdoes

I obviously pursued a career in the arts but always wondered if I had just been supported a little more in math, as opposed…

— Wil Wheaton

I changed the course of my life, from the rigidity of mathematics and the corporate rhythm to a more bohemian world.

— Andrea Hirata

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

— Jerry Buss

I didn't want to become a pure mathematician, as a matter of fact, my uncle was one, so I knew what the pure mathematician…

— Benoit Mandelbrot

The mathematics faculty were encouraging me to shift into mathematics as my major and explaining to me that it was not almost impossible to…

— John Nash

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

— David Chalmers

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

I still think in a parallel universe, I became a mathematician.

— Ken Liu

At school, I wasn't as interested in mathematics. I did OK, but at the earliest point I could stop doing math, I stopped.

— Matt Haig