Books Quote by Michel Onfray

When I was in my late teens I was already interested in philosophy.

— Torbjorn Tannsjo

In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read.

— Peter Davison

I remember that already as a child I was often intensely interested in things, obsessed by ideas and projects in many areas, and in…

— Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

I read about eastern philosophy and religion and existentialism. All that introspective thinking got me thinking about the great beyond. That turned my sights…

— Carolyn Porco

Until I was a junior in high school, I was a "boy scientist" type and expected to go into chemistry. Then I discovered the…

— Allen W. Wood

I studied philosophy in school, became disgruntled by the fact that it was a way to have a very interesting conversation with very few…

— Jonathon Keats

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

— Dean Kamen

When I was young, I was reading anything and anything I could lay my hands on. I was a veracious-to-the-point-of-insane reader.

— Neil Gaiman

I was interested in philosophy before I knew I was. That's to say, when I was at school, I used to argue with my…

— Bernard Williams

My mind was formed by studying philosophy, Plato and that sort of thing.

— Werner Heisenberg

I like the concept of teenagers and philosophy.

— Bernard Beckett

I think what shaped me was I had two parents who were scientists, and especially, they were great readers. They had both grown up…

— Andrew Sean Greer