Christiane Nusslein-Volhard Quotes

When I was in high school I thought I was going to university into psychology.

When I finished high school, it was clear to me that I would study mathematics, even if I also considered economics and psychology.

Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

I moved to Mumbai to pursue my degree after high school.

When I was a college student at Yale, I was studying physics and mathematics and was absolutely intent on becoming a theoretical physicist.

I went to Princeton specifically to study physics.

By that time I was hooked on a career in academic research instead of one in the pharmaceutical industry that I had originally considered in deciding to get a PhD.

Brian and I were both science students. You know science sort of math and physics side, you know.

I fell in love with science and decided to continue for my Ph.D., and from there on, I was a scientist.

I didn't go to college, I went straight from high school to working on I'll Fly Away, I was very, very lucky.

But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years.

I thought I'd be a professional rugby player or go to university and get some degree in construction.

While I appreciated the educational advantages I enjoyed in the school and was proud of what I could show in mental culture, I had an earnest desire for something more than a mere business education... I desired to study for a profession, and this prompted me to leave my native state.

I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be.

I started out with the intention of studying physics. I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.

When I went to college, my goal was to be a college history teacher. I majored in history.

Going to college was something that I didn't want to do.

I'd like to go to NYU business school and then go on to film school.

I was in the military, and then I went to university to study biology.

I sort of tried to get a basketball scholarship out of high school, but that didn't happen. Then I started working for UPS, and that paid for tuition for school. I moved to a bigger town, Louisville. I did it for a year. I had to work the graveyard shift. And then you get off at eight for classes, so that sucked. Then I dropped out.

I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.

I didn't go to university, and I always had in my mind that I hadn't studied properly.

My dad, in particular, was adamant that I should finish my education. He encouraged me to go to Oxford, for instance, and I rather doubt I'd have gone if he hadn't. I would have gone straight back to L.A. and tried to start my career.

I just wanted to be a scientist.

So I decided on science when I was in college.