Background Quote by Nick Denton

Studying engineering was natural for me; I was always interested in technology and building things.

— Leroy Chiao

Engineers have a very limited education and background, I think you need to move into the broader humanities in order to become a total…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Sciences were not my favourite subjects at school. I preferred English, drama, music, and history.

— Tamzin Outhwaite

I was never very good at school with... humanities... anything which was more a matter of opinion.

— Terence Tao

I started in engineering, where I think I could have happily remained and, who knows, made a bundle as a civil engineer or mechanical…

— Jim Peebles

I originally went to school for engineering because I loved math and thought I liked science.

— Christina Tosi

As a financial historian, I was quite isolated in Oxford - British historians are supposed to write about kings - so the quality of…

— Niall Ferguson

I was having a hard time getting interest from future employers because of my physics background. It seemed all anyone wanted was engineers.

— Shannon Walker

I did get a very fine education, and not just in science. It took some pressure on the part of my elders to convince…

— Joshua Lederberg

I wanted to develop a career where I could use my engineering background to have a positive effect on society.

— Frances Arnold

I studied art history and philosophy and took economics and political science classes. I just took whatever I wanted and I didn't worry about…

— Sheila Heti

When I entered Harvard, my background was mostly combinatorics and algebra.

— Maryam Mirzakhani