“I found what I was looking for at Langley. This was what a research mathematician did. I went to work every day for 33 years happy. Never did I get up and say I don't want to go to work.”— Katherine Johnson, brainyquote.com
“Many professors tell you that you'd be good at this or that, but they don't always help you with that career path.”— Katherine Johnson, brainyquote.com
“Better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb than in the middle of some ladder you don’t, right?”— Dave Eggers, amazon.com