James Rainwater Quotes

As a child, I envisioned a career in the hard sciences. In sixth grade, I was buying college chemistry textbooks.

My interest in the sciences started with mathematics in the very beginning, and later with chemistry in early high school and the proverbial home chemistry set.

I went to a liberal arts college, and as part of my background, I was majoring in mathematics and physics.

In some parts of life, like mathematics and science, yeah, I was a genius. I would top all the top scores you could ever measure it by.

I think parents want their kids to have a strong, competitive education. The message [of my victory] was that includes a full set of science standards and that includes evolution.

Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.

I know we can all remember the days of sitting in algebra class asking ourselves, 'why will I need algebra or chemistry in the future?' The answer was and still remains that advanced math and science classes help high school students develop their analytical and cognitive skills and better prepare them to compete in college and the workplace.

The standard high school curriculum traditionally has been focused towards physics and engineering. So calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra have always been the most emphasized, and for good reason - these are very important.

Growing up in Highland Park, in high school, I had some very influential teachers: I had a math teacher who taught calculus that helped me learn to be in love with mathematics; I had a chemistry teacher who inspired us to work what was in the class and to go beyond.

Studying physics, mathematics, and chemistry is worshipping God.

There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind.

The grounding in natural sciences which I obtained in the course of my medical studies, including preliminary examinations in botany, zoology, physics, and chemistry, was to become decisive in determining the trend of my literary work.

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

For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.

You don't need a science degree to understand about science. You just need to think about it.

I was lucky that science fair was mandatory at my high school in inner-city Buffalo.

For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.

Science is cool! But it's easy for that to get lost in textbooks sometimes.

Education is key. I graduated from high school; everyone needs to.

There are some parts I like about school. I like math a lot, and I like physics.

I was always good at math and science and physics.

Science literacy is the artery through which the solutions of tomorrow's problems flow.

I believe we owe our young an education that captures the exhilarating drama of science.

One of the reasons I like working with schools is to try to convince women that they can be scientists and that science can be fun.

I always loved science. And in fact, I got a science award in high school. I mean, I loved science, but I think I loved literature more.