Academic Enthusiasm Quotes

It came as a surprise to find that a professional society and journal (Econometrica) were flourishing, and I entered this area of study with great enthusiasm.

I was an intellectual groupie. Still am.

However, I had a chance encounter with an admissions officer of Stevens Institute of Technology, who so impressed me by his erudition and enthusiasm for the school that I changed course and entered Stevens Institute.

When I was a boy, I was called a nerd all the time - because I didn't like sports, I loved to read, I liked math and science, I thought school was really cool - and it hurt a lot. Because it's never OK when a person makes fun of you for something you didn't choose. You know, we don't choose to be nerds.

One of my secret nerdy things is that I love education.

The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.

I love to go to school. My favourite subject is math, and I'm - actually, I just love high school more than anything, probably.

I have a thirst - it's an awful word, but I'm thirsty for knowledge. I like knowing things, the odder the better, the more obtuse the better.

I was a total education geek. I loved school. I loved learning. I loved doing homework. All of my books and notebooks from high school are underlined and highlighted and there are notes all over the margins. And you know, I was a theater kid too. I was all over the place.

I used to like studying a lot.

I loved school as a kid. I was a bit of a nerd.

You don't say to a university professor who is immersed in a particular subject that they should get a life. They are encouraged to enjoy their subject and to pass it on.

I loved doing problems in school.

I always thought I wasn't cool enough in school, I was in the 'nerd' crew. I actually enjoyed studying.

Don't have a favorite subject, I think I want to carry on doing this because I really enjoy it.

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.

I was a strange kid in that, while most kids hate school and want to turn 18 or 21, I loved high school.

HALE, with a tasty love of intellectual pursuit

I love college. I know I sound like a dork.

I read a book every night. I really am that nerd, so when I get to go to the Smithsonian and get to go in the back rooms and play with stuff, things like that, for a guy like me, that's amazing.

I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.

I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure.

I loved school. I studied like crazy. I was a Class A nerd.

I loved math. I was such a nerd! I really enjoyed working through problems and finding the solution.

I read research like other people read sports magazines or fashion magazines.